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MEMORY MAP 

ADDRESS ROUTINES 

2 T/SNUG Information and Chairmen 

3 Input/Output - Help 

5 MIRACLE in Newport - 2nd Time Around 

8 Membership List - TreaSury Note$ 

9 From The Chairman's Disk 

ARTICLES 

11 Oliger Utilities by Don Lambert 

12 Nostalgia by Abed Kahale 

13 QL Date Gate by Al Feng 

14 VU-3D 10 Years Later by Abed Kahale 

15 LogiCall Review by Abed Kahale 

16 TS-2068 CMOS On Board by Richard Jelen 
16 Ni-Cad Charger by Richard Jelen 

19 TIMACHINE and the FDD System by James Brezina 

19 QL Video Output Circuit by Richard Jelen 

20 QL Woes by Nazir Pashtoon 

22 Moving RAMTOP in ZX-81/TS-1000 by Anthony Oresteen 

24 ZX-81 POKEs & Calls by Anthony Oresteen 

25 Did You Try This? by Abed Kahale 

26 MCI JSTing for Moving RAMTOP by Anthony Oresteen 

27 Frustrated PC Users Flood Help Line byJoanKeary 

28 D.U.S. Cheat Sheet by Abed Kahale 

29 Why The Oliger Disk I/Fisthe Best for the TS-2068 by J. Oliger 

SUBROUTINES 

30 RMG Enterprises Update 
33 Mechanical Affinity Catalog 
39 Unclassified Ads 

42 T/SNUG Public Domain Library Update 



Established 1991 
Italians 4 ^Cirmtcr 1 



ZXir QLive Alive! © 
The Timex/Sinclair NorthAmerican User Groups Newsletter 

spring 1004 



T/SNUG Information 



T/SNUG 

Here is the list of T/SNUG 
Chairmen and how to contact 
them. We wish to support the 
Mowing SIGs:- ZX-80/81, TS- 
1000, SPECTRUM, TS-2068, TC- 
2068, Z88 and QL. If you have any 
questions about any of these fine 
machines, contact the:- 

Chairman 

Chief Motivator 
Don Lambert (ISTUG) 

1301 Kiblinger PL 
Auburn IN 46706-3010 
219 925-1372 



Vice-Chairmen 

Tape & JLO PD Library 
D. G. Smith 
R 415 Stone St. 
Johnstown PA 15906 
814 535-6998 

Z-88 

Dave Bennett (CATS) 
329 Walton St. Rear 
Lemoyne PA 17045 
717 774-7531 

QL&ZX-81Tape 
Ed Snow 
2136 Churchill Downs Cir. 
Orlando FL 32825 
407 380-5124 

RMG Enterprises 
RodGowen(CCATS) 
14784 Qual Grove Cir. 
Oregon City OR 97045 
503 655-7484 

TS-2068 
Rod Humphreys (VSUG) 

10984 Collins PI. 
Delta BC V4C 7E6 Canada 
604 583-2819 

BBS/LarKen 
BobSwoger(CATUG) 
613 Parkside Cir. 
Stieawood IL 60107-1647 
708 837-7957 

Treasurer 

Newsletter/LarKen PD Library 
Abed Kahale (CATUG) 
335 W. Newport Rd. 
Hofrman Estates IL 60195-3106 



ZXir QLive Alive! 

Is the newsletter of T/SNUG, 
the Timex/Sinciair NorthAmerican 
User Groups, providing news and 
software support to the T/S com- 
munity in at least four newsletters 
per year; mailed on January, April, 
August, and October. 

Our main goal Is to 
keep the 
Community alive 

and to provide 
help when needed. 

It is our goal to build and 
maintain a Public Domain software 
library and develop a list of available 
software for all T/S computers 
crediting the source. 



T/SNUG wishes to 
have one officer from every 
T/S user group who will take 
charge of sending us their 
group's newsletter contents and 
other correspondence for 
inclusion in the ZQA! 
Newsletter. 



We encourage your group to 
copy this newsletter and 
distribute it at regular meetings to all 
your members. If you cannot copy 
this newsletter, perhaps we can 
provide a disk with the articles on it. 

You can keep T/SNUG alive for 
an annual contribution of $10 
made payable to Abed Kahale. Send 
check to> 

ABED KAHALE 
335 W NEWPORT RD 
HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60195-3106 
Phone:- 708 885-4337 

Back Newsletter copies are 
available for 50£ each 
postpaid. 



iimributions 



Send 



in your articles by 



tape or disk and your inputs to:- 

DONALD LAMBERT 

ZXir Qlive Alive! Newsletter 

1301 KIBLINGER PL 
AUBURN IN 46706-3010 
Phone 219 925-1372 

Or by hardcopy, mail to:- Abed 
Kahale. (Address on this page) 

By BBS:- We now have a 24 
hour 300 to 2400 BAUD 
RBBS. We encourage you to 
exchange mail and contribute to the 
download section. 

Call the BBS at 



708 632-5558 



and register. On your next call your 
security level will be increased to 5 
for most of the privileges. 

Use extension .ART for 
articles, .ADS for ads and .NWS for 
news when uploading. Have fun. 

For help, contact the SYSOP 
by leaving a message, mail, E-mail 
or phone: 

Bob Swoger 

(Chicago Area Timex Users Group) 

613 Parkside Cir. 
Streawood IL 60107-1647 

H 708 837-7957 W 708 576-8068 

Software libraries, write or 
call the Vice-Chairmen. 
When writing, please 
enclose a LS ASE . 



2 




nput/Output 




If you have a question or a problem, why 
not send it to us. We will try to find an 
answer and we will all share it. Mail to: 
A. Kahale or D. Lambert. 
(Addresses are on page 2) 



David Lassov of Tucson AZ :- "In re- 
sponse to converting the 2068 to battery power, 
we should consider what we did 10 years ago in 
my motor home. We installed an INVERTER, 
which generate sinusoidal current from DC input 
This powered up the AC outlets which, in a mo- 
tor home, are ordinarily connected to the city 
lines. 

Apparently, higher level consumer electronics 
require such a current shape, in order to function 
properly. Otherwise, we could have used a 
cheap, in-line device, in order to get square wave 
current in those same AC outlets. We were sur- 
prised to find that 30 or 40 hertz current worked 
just as well as 60 hertz, you know, "50 hertz UK, 
60 hertz US". 

So, I am wondering if some of my programs, 
which are not time dependent, wouldn't work just 
as well in Lancaster UK as in Lancaster PA?" 

Your non-time depend- 
ent programs will work at 
the same speed regardless 
of the line frequency 
whether it is 40 or 100 
hertz. The 'CPU clock' in 
the computer generates its 
own frequency (3.5 MHz) 
and runs off DC. It is not 
dependent on the line fre- 
quency unlike your TV and 
VCR that do depend on the 
line frequency for synchro- 
nization. 

Putting my electrical 
engineer's hat on, the AC 
adapter transformer (power supply) is not fre- 
quency or wave form dependent, however, the 
transformer can heat-up and eventually burn if 




used for an extended period of time at fre- 
quencies lower than SO Hz. These trans- 
formers were specifically designed to work 
with 50-60 Hz AC line. They will work with 
any repetitive wave form whether it is square, 
pulse or sinusoidal. As the frequency is low- 
ered, the DC output is lower and the trans- 
former becomes hotter, the opposite is true. 

When it comes to appliances, SO Hz 
[sinusoidal) is required if the appliance has an 
induction motor [such as clothes washer, 
clothes dryers, air conditioners and some 
transformless electronics). Appliances with 
series motors [having carbon brushes] such 
as food mixers and vacuum cleaners do not 
care about the line frequency or the wave 

form. QLuL 



I didn't mean to insult your hero 



"Dear Sir, 

I am a computer hobbyist. I am interested in 
classic compact computers including the Sinclair 
and Timex computers. The trouble is, they 
aren't the only computers of their kind. They're 
just the only ones I can find support for. What 
happened to Spectravideo? Or the Mattel Aquar- 
ius? Or the TRS-80 MC-10? The idea that the 
Spectrum was the first computer with color and 
sound for under $300 is a popular myth. The 
RCA VIP had color and sound for under $300 in 
1980. So did the Protecto Enterprises model "R" 
level 1. 

Where can I find support for these machines? 
Even the Jupiter Ace is ignored by most Sinclair 
dealers. Can you tell me where I can get hard- 
ware, software, firmware information and other 
support? 

Leon Howell 
PS. I didn't mean to insult your hero, by cutting 
down the Spectrum's reputation; Sir Give, along 
with RCA, Netronics, and a very few others, are 
not ahead of their time; they just aren't behind it 
like everybody else." 

Leon Howell 



3 



6150 Monument Dr. Apt. 
Grants Pass OR 97526 



D 



Leon had requested and 
Winter 1993 ZQA! 



was mailed the 



Dear Leon, 

One of the things I learned in second year 
high school science/biology class, is the phrase 

Survival of the Fittest" 

The dinosaurs didn't have it in them 
to survive, they just couldn't addPt to the en- 
vironment and were very inefficient beasts. The 
earth just couldn't support their feeding habits ei- 
ther. They were not Fit; man was the Fit- 
test. Those who cannot adapt are history. 

Yes, at the time, I saw an ad about the RCA 
VIP. When I asked the RCA representative that 
use to call on me about his opinion, knowing that 
I was looking for an affordable 
home computer, he confiden- 
tially said; "You don't really 
want this one! it is an abor- 
tion!". I never heard of the 
Protecto nor the Netronics; 
apparently they just were not 
Fit to survive. There is still 
some support for other winners 
like the Tandy, Color Com- 
puter 'CoCo' and TI-99. I am 
afraid that I can't help you with 
the others, may be one of our 
readers might know about their history. 
Anyone out there? 

When the TS-2068 (a refined version of 
the Spectrum) became available in 1983 for less 
than $200 (I paid $150), its competitors (Texas 
Instruments, Commodore and Hewlett Packard to 
name a few) at the time were selling upward from 
$600. To set the records straight, the Spectrum 
was offered in the UK for £125, it had a BEEP 
and not a three channels sound chip + BEEP that 
the TS-2068 has. The ZX-80 was the first com- 
puter under $100, I bought mine in 1979. The 
TS-2068 offered more value and features for the 
dollar and was easy to adapt to. The Timex 
Co. was not Fit in the computer world. 
Here are CoCo's addresses: 



DAVE BARNES 
P O BOX 281 
LAKE VILLA !L 60046 

G McLEARY 
201 -2512 1ST AVE NW 
CALGARY AB T2N OC2 CANADA 

[Leon, I didn't remember some of the ma- 
chines you mentioned so I asked some of the 
older Motorola computer club members about 
them. Those that remembered them stated that 
they were not considered for ownership because 
they were so out classed by the Radio Shack 
Color Computer (CoCo) which came out in 
1978. Those you have mentioned were all con- 
sidered high priced junk and only showed up oc- 
casionally in the Chicago area at Toys R Us! 
The Radio Shack store managers in the Chicago 

area would only stock one 
or two TRaSh-80 MC-lOs 
(a rip-off of the TS1000) 
knowing they would not 
sell. For this reason you 
can not find support for 
those other machines, 
people just don't form user 
groups to support ma- 
chines that can't fill their 
needs. 

If SOUND means to 
you that the machine had 
an internal speaker, OK, but it was only the 
Timex/Sinclair 2068 in 1983 that had both a 
programmable sound chip and a speaker. Mac- 
intosh in late 1984 was the second, I believe. 

As for the Spectrum itself, I have never seen 
one here in the Chicago area but our TS2068s 
can run all the Spectrum software just fine. 

The legacy that Clive left us was a machine un- 
der $100 for people with "EMPTY COAL 
BUCKETS AT HOME". These machines didn't 
give us "SYNTAX ERROR"s or ''ABORT? 
RETRY? FAIL?" on the screen all the time, as 
the others did, his machines alone understood 
DARTMOUTH BASIC, "the original BASIC" 
rather than the corrupted Microsoft version!] 
__==(GATOR)==- 



Timex takes a 
LOLICing and keeps 
on frolicking. 

It is said 
that this is the motto of a SIG - 
LOLIC (Li'le Ol' Ladies In Computing) 
that was started by Joan Kealy of 
Brackettville, Texas 




David Lassov 

of Tucson AZ :- 
"Thank you, for con- 
tinuing to promote the 
proper care and feeding 
of Timex/ Sinclair ma- 
chinery. 

Your PD Software 
library is outstanding, 
especially the programs 
by Wes Brzozowski. 
His articles mentioned 
the work on 64- 
character PRINT, with- 
out using a cartridge or 
special ROM, only the 
two display files. Well, 

his PROPORTIONAL PRINT looks 

great. They are programs 20178 through 
20180. 

Unfortunately, Disk # 6 got left out, includ- 
ing PIXEL PRINT PLUS, STING GRAPHICS, 
QRLLKDOS, and RLE GRAPHICS. 

KEEP ON TIMEX'n !!!!!!!!!!!! 
System Oriented Languages Corp. 
2590 N. Jordan Dr. 
Tucson AZ 85745-1132" 

We thank you for the complements. 

I have to apologize for listing Disk #6 in the 
Fall 93 issue of ZQA! before actually receiving 
the disk(s). It turned out to be 4 disks and the 
QRL LKDOS and the RLE could not be located. 
Now that I have the disks, please see the de- 
scription of disks #<5 through #9 in the Winter 93 
issue of ZQA! .[PIXEL PRINT & STING 

GRAPHICS were mailed to him J Qtui 

Dr. D. H. Williamson of Halifax NS Can- 
ada:- "I would like to thank you and to thank a 
number of other people in both Canada and the 
US that responded to my inquiries [in UPDATE! 
Magazine] about upgrading my TS-2068 com- 
puter. Bon Chance. (Good Luck)" 

Letter that was forwarded to me by Electron- 
ics Now Magazine :- 

"In the January 1994 issue of Electronics 
Now, there is a letter by Abed Kahale, The 




On Saturday, May 14th, 1994, IQLR 
(International QL Report) will be sponsoring the sec- 
ond annual North American QL/QDOS get together. 
It will once again be held at the Salvation Army 
Building on Memorial boulevard in Newport, Rhode 
Island to the best of our present knowledge. 
For more information call Bob Dyl at 401 849-3805. 

From UPDATE Magazine 



Timex/ Sinclair 
North American 
User Groups, the 
letter did not have 
a mail delivery 
address. 

I would like 
to contact Mr. 
Kahale about help 
in locating soft- 
ware for my own 
Sinclair TS-1000 
computer 
(specifically a CW 
- Morse code re- 
ceiving program) 
if you can give me 
his address. If 
your Magazine forbids this, please pass this letter 
on to Mr. Kahale." 

Gene Ray WD4GUA 
2388 Hwy. 36E 
Milner GA 30257 

E-mail from Bob Swoger. K9WVY 

[One would need an XR-221I phase-lock 
loop chip to decode the CW from a four to eight 
ohm speaker. This chip is available from: 
EXAR Integrated Systems, Inc. 
750Palomar Ave. 
Sunnydale C A 94086 
408-732-7970 
Other tone detectors would be possible. A pro- 
gram I wrote for the TS2068 could decode the CW. 
My program decoded the joystick fire button, the 
TS1000 would have to decode something else. 

I will have to find some other literature to 
solve the problem in my home library.] 

— =(GATOR)==- 

Another source would be :- 

AlexF. Burr K5XY 
2025 O'Donnell Dr. 
Las Cruces NM 88001 

Alex publishes QZX newsletter "The Journal 
Covering Amateur Radio & Sinclair Comput- 
ers ". Bob Swoger 's address on page 2. 

(HuL 



D. G. Smith of Johnstown PA :- "Where can 
one get those blank labels for cassettes?" 

There are AVERY labels that should do the 
job for cassettes, they are AVERY numbers 4255 
thru 4266. The size is .44" X 3.5" , they are 
called "File Folder Labels " and are available in 
rolls for dot matrix tractor feed Another possi- 
ble: AVERY LSK-3 Index Markers for laser 
printers, size .5" X 3.13" in 20 per sheet. 

TAPE WORLD 
220 SPRING ST BOX 361 
BUTLER PA 16003-0361 

May have the labels with the hole! died 

Wayne Knaust :- "Don, Just a note to wish 
you a Happy New Year and all that I have a few 
needs: 

1, I want to buy a 64K RAMP ACK (I think that 
I want a Memopak 
but I'm not terribly 
particular). Know of 
any? Cost? 
[Contact Mechani- 
cal Affinity. See ad 
in this issue.] 

2. I just acquired a 
2068 computer and 
would like to know if |E 
Hot Z, Debugger, 
Assemblers exist for 
the animal? I have 
all these but they are 
for the TS-1000. 
[See RMG & Mechanical Affinity ads.] 

I am planning on sending you a potential article 
on my episodes with the TS-1000 centered 
around the 32K RAMPAK by Memopak (which 
was not a good choice). Interested? 
I have a lot of Utilities software that I have played 
with and fixed. Like: 

64K version of QSave that VERTFYs 

ZXDB with additional commands 

ZXDB that will locate itself anywhere (well almost 
anywhere) in core and work not at 16K to 20K. 

Are there any of the old 81-83 companies in 
business, like SINWARE, Bob BERCIi ZEBRA 
etc. [I am afraid not] 

I know I ask a lot of questions, if you like just 
write any answer in the margins and return this 



letter. Thank you for any assistance you might be 
able to give. 

PS. Just one more — I am interested in getting a 
Hunter Board 8K to 16K NV memory for the 
TS-1000. Any ideas?" 

WAYNE KNAUST 
2 PEAR TREE CT. 
ST. PETERS MO 63376 




Richard Jelen :- "Just got interested again 
the QL systems IVe had stored away since '87-88 
as the heat problems experienced earlier made me 
leery of depending on the QL system for fun or 
otherwise. I dragged my old systems out and had 
to replace the keyboard overlay on one and both 
worked line. I am trying to get info, on QL heat- 
ing modes, etc." 

R. A. JELEN 
11443 ISLAND RD. 
GRAFTON OH 44044 

[See article "QL Woes " by 
Nazir Pashtoon ] 

Rod Gowen writes: I 

have sent out copies of the 
LogiCall disks that you sent 
me to all who have re- 
quested them and the users 
are quite impressed with the 
new version. They thank 
you! 

[Thanks for the kind 
words, Rod.] 

~==(GATOR)==- 

Robert Shade writes: Please send me all list- 
ings of TS-2068 (TIMEX & Spectrum) programs 
now available in the ZQA Library. All types of 
programs, games, business, education, graphics, 
utilities, etc.. I'm interested in acquiring any and 
all interesting programs. 

[Your request has been passed on to Abed Ka- 
hale as he can respond much faster to your re- 
quest. Don't forget to check with Rod Gowen and 
Frank Davis as to what they have in inventory, 
we really must keep our venders Alive! Abo.] 

-==(GATOR)==~ 



Welcome hack to our community Bob. 
[He was mailed the Winter 93 issue that had 

the complete listing.] CtLuL 

Dave Lassov writes: Thank you for your 
efforts to keep alive Sir Clive's dream of eight-bit 
computers. Your coding ideas have saved vast 
amounts of both time and space in the developed 
version of Daisy; thousands of bytes and drastic 
reductions in the delay between computation and 
line printing. INDEED, there is only a slight de- 
lay, due to massaging the line of characters prior 
to PRINT, since we like BOTH left column AND 
right column justification. 

[Fine business on the elegance of our 
eight-bit machines. You also are beginning to 
realize what Sir Clive meant when he reportedly 
responded to the question of why he chose the 
Z80 for the Z88 laptop with "I couldn't fine a 
four-bit processor I liked!" The Z80 has elegant 
enough architecture for the tasks we require it to 
do. I am finding that the NEWER machines take 
more time to get my tasks done and at a higher 
cost than my TS2068J 7~==(GATOR)-=-- 

Gil Parrish writes: Don Lambert had men- 
tioned in recent correspondence that he actually 
has two spectrum EPROM chips: one a LarKen 
EPROM fitted in the LarKen DOCK board, the 
other a Russell EPROM installed internally with 
a red switch to change from 2068 Mode to 
Speccy mode. He asked which type I had, since 
he believes each ROM seems to do better on dif- 
ferent pieces of software. I indicated I had a third 
type, being an EPROM labeled Spectrum V2 
FCDB fitted on a Zebra Systems DOCK board. 
Can you shed further light on this? 

[There seems to be four versions of the 
Speccy EPROM running around here in North 
America. They Are:- The real Speccy, The Rus- 
sell which supports TRACE, a means of follow- 
ing a BASIC program execution sequence, the 
LarKen Spectrum V2 which supports line re- 
numbering, and the Dohany which is the only 
one that has corrections for Speccy bugs. If you 
can't read the label to discover which one you 
have, do this test in the following order: Type in 
a three line program using the line numbers I, 2 
and 3. Now type PRINT # 10 If the program is 



now renumbered 10,20,30 you have the LarKen 
Spectrum V2. If not, then type PRINT 1/2 -.5 and 
if the answer is 0 then you have the Dohany 
EPROM. If the answer is 2.3283064E-10, you 
have the Speccy EPROM.] »== (GAT OR)==™ 



Rod Gowen writes: ... surprised to see in 
NTN what could have been taken as a complaint 
regarding the fact that someone's name didnt ap- 
pear on the list of RMG customers that I mailed 
out to a lot of N/L publishers ... If the person's 
name didn't appear on that list ... it simply meant 
that person had not purchased anything or had no 
correspondence with me since 1991 ... I see no 
reason to keep a person on my "active user" list if 
they do not order anything or ask any questions of 
me. 

[Only those since 1991? We at CATUG 
may have thought of your list as a 
TIMEX/Sinclair roll-call, but I think there is an- 
other explanation, Rod. Time is like a pyramid, 
the older we get, the faster time goes! Young 
people think two or three years is a long time 
ago but us older folks think two or three years 
was just yesterday. We who were surprised to not 
find our names on your list were saying, "Didn't 
we just order something from Rod recently?" The 
trouble with T/S users/ customers is we have had 
our machines for over 12 years now and we are 
forgetting to make a purchase now and then} 
Please forgive us and thanks for hanging in there 
for us all these years, Rod.] "^(G AT QR)~ = — 

Sinclair Vmt Grmp ®f WNY XII 

Richard K. Norsk [Moderator] 
188 StL Fife Ave. 

• TS-2068 is their machine of choice — tape. 

• Diagnose and improvise on programs is their 
main hobby. 

• members. — » ^.o 

• Established 1983 



O T X C E 

It seems that it is hard for us folks to recall the last time we paid for membership. Our Chairman wrote me; 
".ami paid up? According to the list in ZQA! and my check book, I am not. So here is $10.00 for me.. 
Put a prompt on the last issue envelope .. Don Lambert." Guess he is right more work for met 

Starting with this issue, your ^w.X'C-^ : . ™ ' '■. ~~ .. ~~ 

membership expiration date will YOUR NAME APR94 .Hxp^ April 1994, 

... w -i 12345 STREET 
be after your name on the Mail youR TQWN STATE ZJp COD£ 

Label. Example:- 




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Ronald 


Baty 


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Dave 


Bennett 


8/94 


Don 


Berry 


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Bluman 


6/94 


Daniel 


Chattin 


8/94 


Les 


Cottrell 


6/94 


Jamie 


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Frank 


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Daniel 


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5/94 


Ruth 


Fegley CATS 


5/94H 


Ferdinand 


Gunther 


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Robert 


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Henn 


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Rod 


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Charter 


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Jackson 


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Jon 


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Joan 


Kealy 


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FROM CHAIRMAN'S DISKS 

Donald S. Lambert 



January 9th. 

In trying to get Spectral Writer converted from 
the Oliger interface to LarKen I ran into a problem. . 
Or should I say several problems. First one is that 
the EPROM for SPECTRUM on the LarKen disk 
board will not work with the Oliger disk interface 
or else there is something that I dont know. The 
system will not come up. So I had to use the com- 
puter with the internal RUSSELL version of 
SPECTRUM. Then I did find out that while I 
changed the LOAD/SAVE lines to LarKen that in 
practice they did not work. The program would 
SAVE using SPECTRAL WRITER'S SAVE pro- 
gram option but after that it would not work. If you 
left the menu for any reason you could not return. 
Then I found (rather Bob Swoger found) that some 
lines were changed in the process of the SAVE. So 
that is another problem. And if you used the 
NMI/push button SAVE it did not help either al- 
though it was better than the SAVE by way of the 
SAVE option in the menu. 

And with the program LISTed to the screen 
with the Russell SPECTRUM it seems to list it 
with no (or fewer ?) errors but with the EPROM on 
the LarKen board it gives lots of errors. Is there 
enough difference that they are not compatible? 

I realized that there are a number of T/Sers out 
there who still work with the cassette mass storage 
system and for various reasons can't or will not 
change to disk systems. With the TS-1000 there are 
no new ones still available on the market so the 
only way to go that route is to find a used unit. 
With the TS-2068 there are a number of different 
units that might be found used but there is one that 
is still available from J. Oliger Co.. But that does 
not help those that are not interested or can't afford 
a disk system. However, working with the cassette 
is frustrating since programs are put on the tape 
serially and you have to go through all the others to 
get to the one on the end. I had developed a way to 
avoid that with my TS-2068 and TS-1000 before I 
got involved with a disk interface with either ma- 
chine. 

The article I worked on back in 1989 was writ- 
ten when I was first trying to get started with a disk 



interface and I did not have my favorite word proc- 
essor converted to disk. What I was using was the 
LarKen floppy disk interface on the TS-2068, the 
way I got around the built in cassette LOAD/SAVE 
was to use the NMI button and force a SAVE of 
everything in memory. While it worked, it did use 
up 10 tracks of disk space. To get the files out to 
edit them and to also be able to send the files on 
disk to Abed Kahale, I had to get them S AVEd as a 
file. So I broke the program (MSCRJPT) and 
LISTed the program to find where the file 
LOAD/SAVE was in the program, then accessed 
the program and changed those lines to the LarKen 
floppy disk commands so that I could SAVE them 
to disk as files. However, sometimes when the files 
were LOADed as NMI, I got scrambled screens in 
which the characters were changed. 

Here is a sample of what it looked like : 

MCITCmadMn eoyug 41 

pedaocmn dcae eoyfe 18 

hnefhtig srn] idwwda 6 

idtx tig tig Cmad?_ 

However, when it does that, if you press CAPS 
SHIFT and SYMBOL SHIFT plus the H key gets 
you to the menu and into the correct lettering for 
MSCRIPT. Occasionally it will get hung up and it 
is locked out of control, in that case try a reload of 
the NMI program. 

The LarKen system, even using the NMI but- 
ton to SAVE the word processor and the text file 
was so much better than the cassette system that I 
used it that way till I learned to add the 
LOAD/SAVE routine to the cassette version (V5.0) 
of MSCRIPT that I was using. Later I added the 
V5.5 and really got going. I also have the V5.3, 
which I have not used since I use the V5.5 all the 
time. 

The more I used different programs from the 
Disk Utility System by Kristian Boisvert the more I 
learn just how valuable the disk is for LKDOS us- 
ers. I will have to recount some things that can be 
done with that disk. 

But the big problem has been the weather. I 
guess I am getting cabin fever and some days (when 
the temperatures are in the 0 range) it is too cold for 



9 



me in the computer room. I guess I am not a lover of 
cold weather. But what choice do we have, it is 
either being cold or facing the fires, the floods or 
the shake rattle and roll of our western state. No 
place is perfect in all ways. 

Here it is February 27th and we have been 
through several winter storms and I was prevented 
from attending the February 26th meeting of ISTUG 
in Indianapolis not by the snow on the highway but 
by the snow in the driveway. By the time I got the 
driveway cleared it was too late to go even if I had 
planned to go. Masako and I had decided that the 
weather was not the sort to make a 150 mile one 
way trip. 

I have ordered a used AERCO 2068 floppy 
disk interface from Mechanical Affinity and I will 
be messing with that later on. I have a pair of drives 
that were set up for the AERCO ZX81 floppy inter- 
face and I will see if they will work with the 2068. 
According to an AERCO manual that I have they 
should However, different versions have different 
options. Wait and see what I get. I bought a version 
that had 64K on the interface board. But it can be 
upgraded to 256K if needed to be. More about that 
in the future. 

Last week I received the AERCO floppy disk 
interface for the TS-2068 and it was the 64K RAM 
version. If and when I decide, I can have it modified 
to 256K since the manual details how to do it. It 
does work since I managed to FORMAT a disk and 
then COPY the BOOT disk to the newly 
FORMATted disk. I also received the BOOT disk 
for RP/M which is a version of CP/M. Reminds me 
of having the SPDOS for converting the Oliger disk 
system to the Millenia K system. And since the 
DOS of the AERCO is different I will have to re- 
learn a lot of commands. I will be able to give more 
information after I have a chance to play with it 
more and that will be after I send all this material to 
Abed Kahale to make up another issue of ZXir 

QLive Alive! [You did a fine job Don .... 

Found an ad listing ZX-81 prices amongst 
other things in the 1980*s (I think 1982) and the 
prices were enough to take your breath away. The 
ad might be run if there is room. 



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can't use thermal paper, it must have the aluminum 
coated paper. Radio Shack Quick Printer paper will 
work." (Don- Seems I read that thermal paper will 
ignite in the ZX printer but I am not sure if it will) 

There is a new concept on batteries that 
RAYOVAC has marketed Basically they are re- 
chargeable alkaline batteries. Should be a cheaper 
way to go with the laptops since the alkaline Re- 
newals have greater capacity than NiCad. I have a 
data sheet on them but it does not list the data as I 
wanted to see it displayed. I will include some 
material on them if I get it figured out. Mr. Richard 
Jelen is working with them, see his letters. 

I did remove a heart stopper from my working 
TS-2068 computer. And that is the little blue slide 
switch on my Russell ROMSWITCIL That little 
magnet will definitely erase a disk if it is laid on it, 
I pulled off the magnet and put it where (i hope that 
I can find it again) but not near any disks. The disk 
that got crashed was one that I had a back up copy 
of. It does pay to have backup copies. 




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OLIGER UTILITIES - Software 

by Donald S. Lambert 



I thought that I would give a sort of 
review and step through manual for DISK 
FILE MANAGER which is an Oliger utility. 
So far as I know there is not a manual for this 
software that is in public domain. The program 
is all in BASIC and occupies 10,022 bytes so 
for those that want to improve or change it and 
are programmers it is easy to do. 

DISK FILE MANAGER LOADs with a 
report of "0 OK, 601:1" and either RUN or 
GOTO 1 will initialize it. First screen prompt, 
"Source Drive?" 

Enter that and get prompt, "Destination 
Drive?" 

Enter that and get prompt, "Is Above 
Correct?" 

Enter "Y" for yes and get the menu. 
NOTE: if you have the T/S 2040 printer 
plugged in and turned on when you do 
"LOAD DRIVE ? CAT" (? stands for the 
drive you selected for the Source drive) the 
printer will PRINT out the CAT of the source 
drive. This is what the menu looks like: 

Disk File Manager 

LOAD DRIVE 0 CAT 
INDEX AND SAVE 
MOVEFILES 
LPRINT DRIVE 0 CAT 
FORMAT ANY DRIVE 
RENAME FILES 
RESTART ME 
QUIT ME 

To select the options use the space bar to 
move the cursor downward only. If you over 
shoot then it will jump to the top when it 
reaches the bottom. To select a cursor marked 
selection hit the ENTER key. 

MOVE FILES is a copy option. It will 
copy the disk in Source Drive to the 
destination drive. The drives do not have to be 
the same (40 track to 80 track or the reverse 
but of course the copy terminates with disk full 
prompt). To copy LOAD source drive's CAT, 
in other words hit ENTER with the cursor on 
LOAD DRIVE ? CAT and it will LOAD the 



CAT and step through the files and then ask 
SORT? (sort into alphabetical order) N will get 
you back to the MENU or Y will sort the files 
and then it will get back to the MENU. Move 
the cursor down to the MOVE FILES option 
and hit ENTER. You will get a prompt "Have 
You LOADed the CAT?" If N for no will 
return you to the MENU. If Yes hit Y and 
ENTER and then the CAT will be displayed 
on the screen with the cursor on the first entry. 
If you want to MOVE that file hit the ENTER 
key if you want to skip moving it hit the 
SPACE BAR. If you want to MOVE (copy) 
all files just hold down the ENTER key and it 
will step through and will also start the copy 
procedure. When all entries are marked or 
skipped then the prompt: "Place New Disk in 
Drive ?" and a flashing prompt: "Hit ENTER 
TO MOVE Files "?". When that is done the 
drives get busy MOVEing the files from 
source drive to destination drive. Finishes with 
prompt: "Hit ENTER for MENU" 

In addition to MENU you get a report of 
how many cyls FREE in each drive. 

INDEX AND SAVE: CAT must be 
LOADed. It SAVEs as disk name and type as 
"disk name C ARR" but I don't know what to 
do with it. I could not LOAD it again. 
(Anybody know?" 

LPRINT DRIVE? CAT: if CAT not 
LOADed gives ERROR: "2 variable not 
found, 580:1" This outputs to a large printer, I 
needed to add a line advance since it all printed 
on one line. 

FORMAT ANY DRIVE: CAT does not 
need to be LOADed. First prompt: "Which 
DRIVE? (0-3" When drive entered get second 
prompt: "TRACKS/INCH: 40/80" I entered 
42. Third prompt: "Is the above correct?" If N 
is entered goes back to ask "which drive?" If Y 
get fourth prompt: "Name for Disk?" You are 
allowed 16 characters (I know that you 
LarKen users are crowing since with the 
LarKen you can almost write a book but on 
the other hand the Oliger allows any ten 



characters for a file name instead of six a 
period and mandatory type plus one more 
character) and after name is entered and you 
hit ENTER the FORMATting starts with the 
following prompts: below prompt for name is 
displayed the disk name you entered and at 
bottom is displayed "FORMATting" and again 
gives disk name. I modified my working copy 
of DFM ABC so that it stops when 
FORMATting is complete. Otherwise it flashes 
very fast the directory of the disk and back to 
the DFM ABC menu. In line 960 there was a 
PAUSE that I changed to STOP that I wanted 
for personal reasons. To return to menu on my 
version I hit CONT. and ENTER. 



RENAME FILES: CAT must be 
LOADed. Selected file(s) will be prompted: 

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is entered get prompt: "Correct?" If correct the 
disk drive will operate and other file names will 
be presented till all are processed. When all 
files are done prompt: "Hit ENTER for 
MENU" appears. 

RESTART: Goes back to start of DFM 
ABC in other words to enter source drive and 
destination drive. 

QUIT ME: gets: "9 STOP statement, 
150:2. 

I had DFM ABC for quite a while before 
I started to use it and now I use it to FORMAT 
all my Oliger disks. The main reason for that is 
the Oliger EPROM that I have is version 2.64 
and the default is to 80 tracks. This way I don't 
have to remember to change the track from 80 
to 40 (LET /T=42) each time I use it. 0/0 



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Making Modifications to DBEAS Y b yA i^ 



DBEASY by Bill Cable / Wood And Wind is 
a program which I appreciate more and more 
each time I use it. As Bill notes in his 
documentation, it is open to the user and readily 
available for modification. 

The only difficulty with this statement is that 
I would hazard to guess that the average 
DBEASY user does not know how to make any 
modifications in an ARCHIVE based program. 

The following is the simplest of changes, but 
after seeing how easy it is to implement, you may 
be encouraged to make some of the other changes 
that may have come to mind. 

An aspect of DBEASY that I wanted to 
change was the presentation of the date on the 
MAIN MENU screen from year/month/day to the 
standard American format of month/day/year. 

Proc heading 

paper spap: ink sink: els: paper hpap: 

ink hink: print rept(" ",240) 
let i$=time() 
let i=val(i$ (1 to 2) ) 
let j=60*i+val (i$ (4 to 5))-smin 

rem the following is the old line 
print at 2 , 1 /upper (sys$) ; " MAIN MENU"; 

at 1, 42;today$;tab 54; "day " ;day; 

" of 19";val(today$) ; at 2, 42; time ( ) ; 

tab 54 ;j;" minutes since start": 

print ; tab 80 
paper spap: ink sink: if begcnt=-l: let 

1$="-": else: let i.$=str (begent , 2,0): 

endif : 

print at 5, 1; upper (sf$) ; 
print at 5, 48; "Module : " ;mod$: 
print at 6, 48;"Programs on : ";pd$: 
print at 7, 48; "Database : ";sd$; 

sf$;".dbf"; 

at 8, 4 8; "Records : " ;I$: print 
endproc 

proc heading 

paper 7: els: paper hpap: ink 0: print 

rept(" ",24 0) 
let i$=time() 
let i=val(i$ (1 to 2) ) 
let j=60+i+val(i$(4 to 5))-smin 

rem the following is the changed line(s) 

[American date format] 



print at 0, 42;today$ (4 to 8);"/"; 
today$(l to 2); tab 54; "day " ;day; 
" of 19";val (today$) : ink 7: print at 
1,1; upper ( sys $ ) ; " MAIN MENU" ; at 1,42; 
time();tab 54;j;" minutes since start" 

paper 7: ink sink: if begcnt=-l: let 
!$="_": else : let i$=str (begent , 2 , 
0): endif : print at 4,1; upper (sf$); 

print at 3, 4 8; "Module : " ;mod$: 

print at 4, 48; "Memory : " ; memory (): 
print at 5, 48; "Program on : " ;pd$: 
print at 6, 4 8; "Database : " ;sd$; 
sf$;"_dbf";at 7, 4 8;"Records : " ;i$; 

print at 8,48; "Screen : " ;scn$; 

endproc 

Use the following if you prefer day/month/year: 

print at 0, 42;today$ (7 to 8);"/"; 
today$(4 to 5) ;"/";today$ (1 to 2); .. 

or 

print at 0, 42;today$ (7 to 8);"/"; 
today$(4 to 6);today$(l to 2); ... 

Perhaps the easiest way to implement this is to: 

a) EXEC_W flpl ARCHIVE 

b) type "edit" ENTER 

c) proc heading ENTER (type in the 
second example) 

d) SAVE "flpl this" 

e) RUN "DBEASY" 

f) Exit program by pressing (esc) when 
prompted whether or not you wish to quit BEASY 

g) type "merge flp2_this" ENTER 

h) type "start" ENTER 

i) verify appearance 
j) exit program 

k) SAVE object : "flp2_DBEmm" 

OF course, you can edit directly within your 
current version of DBEASY, if you like. 

This reminds me of a LOADing tip. 
Presuming that you are using the standard version 
of ARCHIVE (vs. From within XCHANGE), 
you can save a few key strokes and hand 
movement if you: 

RENAME flpl_DBEASY_prg to flpl_R_prg 

Then after you EXEC_W flpl ARCHTVE, you 
simply have to INPUT: 



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RUN ENTER R ENTER 

Your left hand should (will) already be 
poised to press 'R'; so, some effort should be 
saved. Of course, you may opt to select a 
different single key other than 'R' if you choose. 



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I bought my TS-2068 and VU-3D among other programs in 
1983. Proud of my new computer, I took it to the office to show 
and-tell my coworkers. 

A couple of weeks later, the boss called and advised that I am 
to give a command performance with the VU-3D to no less than our 
General Precision and Link 



Simulator divisions who were 
involved in the space program 
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somehow, our Corporate big 
wigs learned of my VU-3D 
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14 




iCall K 



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Auxiliary Operating System AOS-LKDOS 



Developer: BoL Swoger 

LogiCall contains all the commands required 
to run LK-DOS (TS-2068 & Spectrum). It 
prompts for a command and executes these 
commands with a minimum of typing. 

Moves from drive to drive with 2 
keystrokes; moves into and out of a word 
processor, database, spreadsheet, terminal 
program and other programs using a few key- 
strokes. Displays word processor files and pic- 
tures on the screen without running any program. 
FORMAT, MOVE, ERASE, CAT, POINT, and 
VERIFY keys all work without the use of the 
"RAND USR 100: or PRINT#4: " that have to 
be typed using LKDOS alone. It really proves 
itself with multi-drive system and will be of great 
benefit even with a single drive. And, it is not 
memory hungry, it only occupies one disk track. 
It does complete the LarKen Disk Operating 
System. 

LogiCall comes in two versions, 5.0 for all 
including ROMSWITCH and 5.2 for Spectrum 
ROM in the doc port. OUT 244,3 is not required. 

A complete file management system, more 
accurately a HUMAN INTERFACE (you and 
the machine) shows the years of refinements. 

Holding down the ENTER key (or the ENTER 
and the 'J' keys for the RAMDISK) at power up, 
displays the CATalog and the Drive? prompt. 

ENTER the disk drive number or T' for tape or 
just ENTER to display the Program? prompt. 

ENTERing 'H' or '?' at either prompt, 
displays two screens HELP menu. 

ENTERing one of the following at "Program?" 

'9' displays CATalog. 
' V'erbose displays the complete CATalog. 
'B'rief displays a CATalog that only shows 
programs that can be LOADed and RUN. 

'N' at the scroll? displays the Program? 
on CATalogs that scroll off the screen. 

' W LOADs word processor. 



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'T'erminai LOADs terminal program. 

'5' or '8' RENAME W, "new". ENTER the 

NM1-S2.CM to be renamed, then the new 

name.Bl. 

4 7' or 4 E 'RASE - ERASE " ". ENTER the 

filename and extension. 
' A'dds AUTOSTART to a disk. 

'S'ave SAVEs "L.B1". 

'Z' COPYs to the TS-2040 printer. 

'C'OPYs to a large printer. 

'N'ew activates AUTOSTART again. 

'0' or 'F'ormat LOADs FORMAT.B_ 

'6' or 'M'ove LOADs MOVE.BL 

'R' VERIFYs the disk for CRC errors. 

S K' SAVEs SCREENS to disk. 

'Q'uits or 'E'xijSs to BASIC where the program 

can be customized. 
'0, 1, 2, 3 or 4' moves between drives. 

At the Program? prompt, totting ENTER 
without typing a filename activates the SCAN 
LOAD mode. The space bar or any key in the 
lower key rows advances a BRIGHT BAR down 
the screen, the top row of keys will send the 
BRIGHT BAR back toward the top. ENTER 
LOADs the BRIGHTened program The arrow 
keys do work as normal or without shift. 

ENTERing a name with an extension of 
'.C$' at the Program?, LogiCall displays it as a 
SCREENS. While ENTERing a name with an 
extension of '.Cm' or \CT, it displays 
MSCRIPT, TASWORD H or SPECTRATERM 
word processor files directly from disk. 

LogiCall disk ensemble includes VUFTLE, 
VUCALC, TASWORD II, disk/tape records 
base and MTERM II among others. 

It is like an upgrade from a gear-shift to an 
automatic transmission with overdrive. 

LogiCall is available from RMG 
Enterprises and from Mechanical Affinity. 



TS-: 



CMOS ON 



lOAEB 

by Richard A. Jelen 



Letter dated 11-12-93 

Earlier this year I finished repairing the 
three 2068 mother boards, I bought last year, 
with the help of the gentleman from 
"COMPUTER CLASSICS" in Cabool, Mo. 
Seems all the SCLD's had been zapped on the 
A7R (REFRESH), along with much memory 
and multiplex damage. He showed me how to 
rebuild the SCLD REFRESH circuitry without 
replacing the SCLD. Naturally, it worked great 
and I was so impressed with him I bought a 286 
PC he had advertised, which also works great I 
might add. My wife and children use the 286 
for greeting cards, etc. They're tickled pink and 
even though i don't use it much myself I feel it 
was well worth the investment. 

This srjring/winter I changed one of the 
repaired 2068 mother boards over to all CMOS, 
except for one EPROM, and managed to reduce 
power consumption to 150 ma.! The original 
2068 draws about 250 ma. which is even less 
than the TS-1000 @ 270 ma. that I made into 
the Ni-Cad portable, which gave me almost 6 
hours running time on 1.6 AH 'C size Ni-Cads. 
With the 150 ma. rating on the 'CMOS' 2068 
ni be able to get 6.5 hours run time using .85 
AH "AA" size Ni-Cads which is great and cuts 
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U21 = 74C00 45161 @ $0.29 ea 
U15 = 74AC245 45671 @ $0.69 ea 
U9 = 74AC245 45671 @ $0.69 ea 
U5 = 74HC244 45655 @ $0.69 ea 
U10 = 74HC257 45719 @ $0.55 ea 
Ull = 74HC257 45719 @ $0.55 ea 
(Sub. for 74LS/HC157 as tri-state not used or 

needed) 

U16 & U20 ROM's — I managed to get 
the XROM from "COMPUTER CLASSICS" in 
Cabool, MO but though he tried he couldnt get 
a CMOS home ROM to work. The XROM cuts 
power consumption an additional 12ma. (Every 
little bit helps). Original 2068 = approx. 250ma., 
CMOS 2068 (as above) = 150ma., - bear in 
mind that probably nothing can be done with the 
U4 (LM1889) and U14 (AY-3-8912) unless 
you just remove them? 

The only other CMOS to be tried will be 
the home ROM if I can get one and the 4416 
dynamic RAM's substituted to 62256LP12 
CMOS static (maybe). 

CMOS o Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor 



Ni-Cad Charger „ JELEN 

11443 ISLAND RD 
GRAFTON OH 44044 



Letter dated 11-28-1993. 

Nice to hear from you so soon and thank 
you for the disk info and program, though it will 
be many months until I get it all together to 
assemble all the interface parts, I do appreciate 
your help. Yes I would like the disk drive P. S. 
Printout. I will probably start out with 2 ea. 
IBM style (8088) drives @ 5.25" and 360K 
DSDD. 



As for your request to publish my 
LOADER schematic, certainly, as long as I re- 
ceive due credit, maybe a mention that they 

may write to me (with large 
SASE) for more info: such as pc 

artwork negative and assembly & test instruc- 
tions. This also goes for any other info: 
schematics, etc. I may send you in the future. 



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Pve enclosed a marked up constant current 
charger for the TS-1000 system I made. (Mine 
also included a charger for the Monitor battery 
pack which had to be separate since the voltages 
were quite different). Also, the monitor draws 
loads of current so I had to double the Ni-Cad 
pack for it to get enough time. 

Circuit drawings. 

For this design (a non-constant current) the 
D. C. Power pack must be at least twice the 
voltages of the series Ni-Cads (in this case 2 ea. 
1.2V Ni-Cads = 2.4 X 2 => 5V it must also be 
capable of twice the charge rate for the Ni-Cads 
(in this case the charge rate is lOOma., so the 5V 
D. C. charger must be capable of 200ma. or 
higher. This is in case the Ni-Cads happen to be 
shorted in which case all power is dropped 
across Rl and the power pack will remain un- 
harmed. Rl value is figured by first deterrnining 
the desired charge rate for Bl (please note most 
Ni-Cads especially the older ones have upper 
limits to their max. charge rate and the user 
should determine this before attempting to 
charge any Ni-Cad). In this case, weVe chosen 
1.2 AH Ni-Cads and its safe to charge them @ 
lOOma. (I don't know of any standard rule of 
thumb for all Ni-Cads AH's rating vs. safe 
max. charging rating). This D. C. power pack is 
5V D. C. @ 200ma., however, since we are 
charging @ only lOOma. the 5V D. C. output 
will be probably be around 6V D. C. since its 
RMS. Full output will be near TV. Our cells are 
about 2.4V subtracted from 6V = 3.6V that Rl 
has to drop @ lOOma., so Rl should be 36 ohm 
@ .5 watts minimum (1 watt would prevent 
burnout of Rl if the Ni-Cads short). 

If we choose a std. lOma. LED for LED1 
we will run it at 5ma. (because if Ni-Cads short 
it will then become lOma. and won't burn out). 
So we have 3V drop 
across Rl minus the 
LED drop (which can 
vary between 1.5 and 
2.2V depending on the 
LED type) so well 
choose the lower value 




(unless you test the LED you are going to use) 
to further protect the LED (Only slight 
brightness will be sacrificed) of 1.5V which 
equals 2.1V to be dropped by R2 @ 5ma., so 
R2 equals 420 ohm (390 ohm would be OK). 

LED1 will only light if the power pack is 
plugged in and Ni-Cads are connected (to load 
Rl). However, if Ni-Cads are shorted there is 
no way of knowing unless you add a circuit to 
monitor the Ni-Cad voltage, etc. 

Like I said, this is the cheapest way to go 
but the batteries charge is slightly linear, which 
is for most Ni-Cads, trickle charging is "OK". 

Letter dated 12-20-1993. 

Nice to hear from you again. Thought you 
might be interested in the latest developments in 
alkaline batteries. Not long ago I saw a com- 
mercial on TV RE. a battery charger for stan- 
dard alkaline batteries which allowed 25 ea. full 
recharges. Now, I just happened to see this ad 
in my wife's ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 
magazine. To me, it looks the way to go. They 
are now available in stores and Tve priced the 
chargers @ $17.00 - $29.00 (29 is for a charger 
that will handle either 4 'AAA's, 4 'AA's or 4 
T)'s and the batteries are about what you'd pay 
for a Ni-Cad equivalent. 

At lower current draw I suspect results as 
quoted in this ad, but at higher currents such as 
toy motors, portable fluorescent lights and your 
disk drives I believe Ni-Cads may prove better 
— but it needs to be put to the test. The biggest 
plus is that once recharged they will hold full 
charge for 5 years just like a new alkaline. This I 
think is great. 

Here's a very simplified Ni-Cad charger as 
used in many small Ni-Cad power tools such as 
screwdrivers. 

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"□MACHINE And The FDD System 

by the late James Brezina 



TIMACHINE may not work properly with the 
Zebra FDD system. Depending on which 
version of the FDD you have, either the 
keyboard will lock up as soon as TIMACHINE 
runs or everything will work correctly until you 
use FDD I/O commands. It should be noted that 
if you choose to modify TIMACHINE for the 
FDD as listed in this article, you will loose some 
friendliness and ease of use. 

To determine which problem you have, 
do the following:- Load TIMACHINE from 
tape, answer *N* to the backup copy prompt, 
the ENTER CAT *. If you are able to do this, 
then you have the FDD I/O problem. If you 
cant ENTER CAT *, you have the locked 
keyboard problem. To correct these problems, 
you should first transfer TIMACHINE to FDD> 
MERGE the BASIC loader; change line 9997 to 
SAVE * ... (all SAVEs!); SAVE TIMACHINE 
LINE 9997; then enter GOTO 9997. Answer 
'Y' to the Backup Copy prompt. Now restart 
the system and MERGE TIMACHINE, then 
complete the correction with one of the fol- 
lowing two procedures: 

A. For a Locked Keyboard: 

1. Line 40: change 26688 to 26694 

2. Change all SAVEs in line 8070 to SAVE * 
(DELAY CODE can be deleted). 

3. Change all LOADS in line 9997 to LOAD 



4. To use TIMACHINE, LOAD it from FDD 
and enter or load a BASIC program. Then 
invoke the TIMACHINE options as follows: 
*C is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 
37476 

*T will not work 

*X is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USER 

37476 ERASE is invoked by typing 

RANDOMIZE USR 37536 

*D is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 

37460 

*E is invoked by typing RANDOMIZE USR 
37468 NEW will no longer be trapped. 

B. For the FDD I/O Problem: 

1. Line 9997: remove the last command, 
GOTO 8000 

2. Add lines 9998 and 9999 as follows:- 

3. RESTORE 9999: FOR x=23780 TO 23792: 
READ y: POKE x, y: NEXT x: POKE 37402, 
228: POKE 37403, 92: GOTO 8000 

4. DATA 254, 122, 194, 224, 146, 237, 70, 
241, 62, 230, 195, 48, 146 

5. Enter: SAVE *"TSTIME" LINE 9997. 

6. Note: Use the name by which your version 
calls the first part of TIMACHINE. 

7. To use: *Z prior to any FDD I/O operation. 
RANDOMIZE USR 26688 after all FDD I/O 
operations. All other commands as per manual. 



QL Video Output Circuit 

by Richard Jelen 



As IVe gone to only using monitors (or 
TVs that have AUX. inputs) for my Timex 
computers. I bought an 8-pin DIN and following 
the service manual schematic I hooked it up and 
found that it is reverse, but no problem, as the 
mono composite video is the only one hooked 
up and doesnt have the proper signal strength 
anyway and the PAL output is not hooked up 
and in it s place is +5 V. I opted to build my own 
version Composite video output coming right off 
pin 9 of the MC1377P color chip. I use a GP 
transistor of fairly high freq. resp. and capacitor 



coupled to standard phono plug output. This 
works great and gives a nice high signal with no 
distortion which works equally well with all my 
monitors and TV's AUX. inputs. This is exactly 
the same circuit IVe designed for the 1000 and 
1500. 

+5V 2N718or 
Equivalent 
(2N2222) 

— K in- To75f2 

100 yF 25V Monitor Input 



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QL WOES 

by Nazir A. Pashtoon 



T;;Bill Lawson article (Nov/Dec 92 Toronto's SINC- 
JJljLINK) mentioned a myriad of symptoms of 
his malfunctioning QL system. I hope he has 
resolved and sorted out these problems. The 
symptoms he mentioned; 

Cursor disappears and machine locks up. 

READ/WRITE FAILED 

Double listing of Directories. 

Use DELETE, get PROGRAM DOES NOT EXSITS. 

Windows changing constantly. 

Code? scrolls by. 

MINERVA ROM is on board, 
and a few more, apply to approximately a dozen 
QLs in my user group (CATUG) and my own. 
These problems invariably surface when a 
daughter-board with Minerva or QDOS EPROM 
is installed in the QL. To solve these problems, 
proceed as follows: 

a) All the important integrated circuits in the QL 
are socketed. Socketed computers from LISA to 
the first shipments of ATARI ST and other 
computers were plagued by unreliable operation. 
The same is true of the QL. Many times the 
microdrive problem and unreliable video blanking 
is directly traceable to the ZX8302 and ZX8301 
chips. Note that these two ICs are CMOS, and 
static-sensitive, touch a grounded metal object 
with your fingers before you touch the ICs. 
When you open your QL, it is advisable to spray 
the pins and sockets of these ICs, as well as the 
pin rows and sockets of other ICs with a 'tuner 
cleaner", such as Radio Shack #64-3320, or 
equivalent. After spraying, use a flat-bit screw 
driver, or a butter knife to displace the chip 
slightly upwards from both ends. Spray again, 
and press the integrated circuits back in place. 
This cleaning should suffice for at least a year. 

b) As mentioned earlier, many users who had 
fully functional machines, started having problems 
when they installed a small EPROM daughter- 
board inside the QL. After carefully studying the 
problem in about a dozen cases, I concluded that 
the problem is caused by hairline cracks in the 
copper traces of the daughter board. How are 
these hairline cracks caused? 



After watching our members, and my own 
practice of how I would install the daughter-board 
on the QL motherboard, it became obvious that 
we ourselves were the culprits. To explain, 
normally we would first install the daughter-board 
by pressing on the comers of me board, and then 
press-in the EPROM. Both the procedure as well 
as the order in which the task is performed are 
wrong. Why? 

The daughter-boards we were using, are 
flimsily constructed from very thin copper traces 
(to keep costs down, this is true of all peripheral 
boards, and the QL motherboard). As the figure 
shows, two sockets are installed side-by-side, with 
approximately 0.2" spacing, one socket that is 
used for the EPROM is an ordinary dual-leaf 
socket, and the other one is a machined socket. 
The pins of the machined socket protrude, and is 
fitted in the ROM socket on the QL mother- 
board. In order to install two sockets side-by-side 
one has to saw-off the socket stabilizing bridges 
(two or three). The consequence of this is that 
when you want to install an EPROM in the 
normal socket, it flexes the socket rows sideways 
so much that some times it is not possible to 
install the EPROM. This flexing causes the 
hairline cracks in the copper traces on the back of 
the daughter-board. Belatedly, one discovers that 
in order to install the EPROM, one has to hold 
the two rows of the socket pins of the normal 
socket vertically by one hand, and then fit the 
EPROM in the socket. We discover this after we 
have already caused damage to probably more 
than one trace. 

The second mechanism causing the cracks, is 
the way we normally install the flimsily made 
daughter-board, by pushing on the comers of the 
board. This method of installation causes too 
much pressure on the comer pins of the machined 
socket, and possible hairline cracks. As such, the 
suggested procedure for installation is to : 

> First install the EPROM on the daughter- 
board, while holding the normal socket in a 
vertical position with one hand, thus avoiding the 
flexing of the pins of the normal socket. 



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> Second, install the daughter-board on the 
motherboard by pressing on TOP of the 
EPROM, thus causing the pressure to be equally 
distributed on all the pins of the machined socket. 

All these hassles could have been avoided if 
the boards were properly manufactured. For 
example, metalization both on top and bottom of 
the daughter-board would have helped. Most 
importantly, instead of using a low cost machined 
socket the use of DIP socket carrier (say Digi-Key 
#ED6028, $3.26 ) would have totally solved the 
problem. In this case vou will have the benefit of 
machined pins, with pins flush on top, thus 
allowing the normal socket to straddle the socket 
carrier pins on top, without having to saw off the 
stabilizing plastic bridges. 

The hairline cracks that I mentioned are hard 
to see even under a magnifying glass. Static 
testing by continuity measurements (using a 
VOM) could also be misleading. One can 
dynamically test by say, using a logic probe. One 
may even be tempted to cure the problem by 
putting solder globs on the affected traces. I 
recommend against it. The only sure method of 
solving the problem is, to do point-by-point 
wiring between the pins of the two sockets. This 
is much easier than it sounds. As shown in the 



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a 74HCT00 on my board. 

figure, the two sockets are separated by a distance 
of 0.2", with all the respective pins connected by 
copper traces, except pins 1, 20, and 22. I use 
bare wrapping (28 gauge) wire. Make a tiny hook 
on one end of the wire, solder it to the pin, wrap 
the wire on the corresponding pin of the other 
socket for half a loop, solder and cut the wire 
with a razor blade or X-ACTO knife at the base 
of the pin. Do all the 25 pins shown in the 
diagram. This will, with high probability, solve 
your problem. In the worst case you may have to 
duplicate all the traces on the back of the 
daughter-board using wire-wrap wire. Do not 
use a soldering iron rated higher than 15 watts. 




c) A third source of the cracks, is the protrusion 
of the daughter-board on top of the QL mother- 
board, and the pressure applied by the back of the 
keyboard. On the Samsung QLs, there is a 
screw on the back of the keyboard, which 
interferes with the top of the new EPROM that 
you install. One must remove this screw. Even 
the removal of this screw does not solve the 
problem, always. It is suggested that of the eight 
screws holding the keyboard and the base of the 
QL together, two screws, one in back and one in 
front, not to be installed. These are the screws 
which are left of center, roughly in alignment 
with the ROM sockets. It is worth mentioning, 
that depending on the height of the daughter- 
board, even the mother-board can be flexed by 
the pressure exerted through the daughter-board 
from the keyboard. 

In the Mar/ Apr 93 issue of Sink-Link, an 
particle "Notes On QL Lock-Ups" by Hugh 
Howie, and I quote; '7 know of one person who 
has four QLs and is only now starting to have 
some success with one of them. Power Surges? " 
Some QLs have exhibited this problem since its 
introduction into the market place. I have 
analyzed the problem, and I believe I have a low 
cost solution. I suggest that people facing this so 
called HEATING problem, send me $2.00 cash, 
for the cost of a device, jiffy-bag, and mailing by 
return mail. 

PS. After the above article was published, I 
received the Mark I version of Minerva 1.97. 
The daughter-board carrying a 1990 Copyright, is 
the best I have ever seen (in the QL market). It 
addresses all my objections. It has metalization 
on top and bottom with machine inserted metal 
eyelets connecting the top and bottom traces, with 
ground planes. Best yet, they have used only one 
machined socket for both the EPROM and the 
connection to the mother-board. 

Nazir Pashtoon 
940 Beau Dr. Apt. 204 
DesPlaines, 1L 6001 6-5876 

The heating and cooling of the Printed Circuit 
Board (the turn ON and turn OFF of the computer) causes 
expansion and contraction of the copper foils (traces) 
that can cause intermittent loss of circuit continuity 
due to tarnish at the 'hairline cracks'. QlLcL 



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Moving RAMTOP in ZX-81/TS -1000 

jknihixttvi (Bvt&ttttx. 



This article will explain how to change the 
amount of memory you have available on the 
ZX-81 and TS-1000 computers. More 
importantly it will explain how to use 32K and 
64K RAM packs efficiently. 

The ZX-81 (I will only refer to the ZX-81 
but it all applies the TS-1000 as well) computer 
can have up to 48k RAM added that is 
LOADable and saveable from Basic. Since the 
ZX-81 doesn't know how much memory is 
attached it checks to see how much memory is 
attached every time the power is turned on and 
the system self-boots. Unfortunately Sinclair 
never planned for more than 16K RAM of 
memory being added to the ZX-81 and 
initialization routine in the ROM does not check 
any memory above 32767 (the end of a 16K 
RAM pack). With a 64K pack attached you 
have memory locations up to 65535 but the 
ZX-81 will not know it and thinks that the 
memory is not there. 

There are a number of RAM packs 
available (used and a few new) for the ZX-81. 
The most common sizes are 16K, 32K and 
64K. Since the RAM area of the ZX-81 starts 
at 16384 and the highest memory location 
available is 65535 the most RAM that you can 
have is 65535- 16383 bytes or 49152 bytes on 
the ZX-81. As lk of memory is 1024 bytes, 
49152 is referred to as 48K. Some "64k" packs 
provide RAM UP TO the 64K location of 
65535 and thus are called "64K" packs but 
actually have only 48K RAM while others 
provide 64K RAM from 0 to 65535 and allow 
you to switch in areas of RAM from 0 to 16383. 
Note that the ROM lies in the 0 to 8191 area 
and you will run into problems if you try to use 
that area. The area of 8192 to 16382 can have 
RAM but you can NOT put BASIC programs 
there so it's generally used for machine code 
routines and other accessory items. The 
Memotech 64K RAM pack is the unit I use and 
it will allow you to switch in areas below 16384 
if you need that area. Some 32K packs will let 
you add an additional 16K pack to get a full 



48K ram up to 65535 (the Memotech is one 
that will do this with no problems). 

The ZX-81 has a number of system 
variables that keep track of where everything is 
in the computer. One system variable is called 
RAMTOP. It is located at 16388 and 16389. 
RAMTOP tells the computer how much 
memory is available. The computer takes the 
number stored in 16389, multiplies it by 256 
and then adds it the number in 16388. This 
tells the computer the location of the first 
memory location that is not there. With a 16K 
pack attached you will get 128 if you enter 
PEEK 16389 and 0 for PEEK 16388. Thus 
128 x 256 + 0 = 32768 for RAMTOP. By 
putting different numbers in 16388 and 16389 
with the POKE command the computer will 
know how much memory you are using (well, 
not quite but more on this later). 

There are three basic reasons that you 
would want to change RAMTOP: 

1. To tower RAMTOP to provide room for 
machine code routines 

2. that can not be overwritten by BASIC 
programs. 

3. To lower RAMTOP to speed up save 
and load times. 

4. To raise RAMTOP to make more 
memory space available to the computer. 

It would appear that all you would have to 
do is to POKE in new numbers in 16388 and 
16389 and RAMTOP is changed. Sadly this is 
not true. The computer will not fully recognize 
a RAMTOP change unless the command NEW 
is executed after the new value is placed in 
RAMTOP. The drawback is that NEW wipes 
out all of your Basic program and clears the 
variables area. The reason for this is that the 
machine stack and it's pointer (ERR SP at 
16386 &16387) are still in the old area of 
memory, blocking expansion of the program and 
variables area (see page 128 of the Sinclair 
manual for a diagram). NEW will move these 
items to just below the new RAMTOP value 



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and the memory is opened up (or reduced 
as the case may be) for programming. 

Method 1 to move RAMTOP. 

The general format for method 1 is: 

POKE 16388, L (low value portion) 
POKE 16389, H (high value portion) 

NEW 

To find values of H & L first determine 
where you want RAMTOP to be. Let's assume 
that you are using a 32K RAMPAK and you 
want to use every bit of memory. 32K ends at 
49151, so divide 49151 by 256. This gives 
191.99609. Round the number down to the 
nearest whole number and you have the value 
of H or 191. Now multiply 191 by 256 and 
you get 48896. Subtract 48896 from 49151 and 
you will get 225 or L. Now you can enter the 
following: 

POKE 16388, 255 

POKE 16389, 191 (32K values) 

NEW 

If all this math bothers you, just enter 
RAND 49151 in the immediate mode. The 
values of SEED at 16434 &16435 will have the 
correct values for L & H. The way that you 
could use this approach is: 

RAND 49151 

POKE 16388, PEEK 16434 
POKE 16389, PEEK 16435 
NEW 

For a 64K pack the values of L & H are 255 
and 255. 

Method 2 to move RAMTOP . 

In this method we will use a machine code 
routine that will do all the moving without using 
NEW. Thus we can execute a RAMTOP 
moving routine from within a program, without 
losing control of the computer (executing NEW 
from within a program wipes the program out 
and gives the K cursor). 

You can use this program as a start-up 
program. For now let's assume that the 
RAMTOP routine is in line 10: 

10 REM 00000000000000000 



20 RAND USR 16514 
30 LOAD "" 
40 STOP 

50 SAVE "64KRAMTOP" 
60 RUN 

If you save the program by ENTERing 
GOTO 50 in the immediate mode the program 
will self-start the next time you load it. It will 
load the next program on the tape 
automatically, and the proper value of 
RAMTOP will have been set (provided we 
insert the machine code routine in line 10 after 
the REM). If the second program is also self 
starting then for all practical purposes you will 
haveLOADed onfy one program. 

The machine code routine will do the following: 

a. Set new RAMTOP value 

b. Move the machine stack 

c. Set new ERR_SP value 

OSTing 1 is the machine code routine. 
LISTing 2 is a byte-by-byte USTing in 
decimal. Simply enter the first line of your 
program as 1 REM with at least 32 zeros 
following, then poke in each value starting with 
16514. Then enter lines 20 to 60 as needed. 

Rand USR 16514 tells the computer to go 
to memory location 16514 and start executing 
the machine code instructions until it comes to a 
number 201 which means return. Since the 
routine started from Basic it will return to Basic 
and execute the next basic line. A feature of 
the ZX-81 operating system is that the first line 
of Basic always starts at 16509. By making the 
first line a REM line with machine code 
instructions, we will always have the first 
machine code instruction at 16514. 

To change the machine code routine to 
32K, change 16516 to 191 and 
line 50 to: 

SAVE "32KRAMTOP." 

Method 3 to move RAMTOP using 
COMPUSA Disk Drive 

When using the Compusa Floppy Disk 
Interface RAMTOP moves become very 
important. Many frustrating hours can pass 
trying to load a 16K Sinclair program that has a 



lot of machine code on to disk. The Compusa 
DOS (version .5) copies the disk directory into 
RAM. To ensure that these DIRectories are 
never written over by Basic, on turning on the 
power the CDOS lowers RAMTOP by 1388 
bytes and resets all pointers. Unfortunately the 
Compusa DOS (CDOS) doesn't check to see if 
you have more than 16K ram. If you are using 
64K ram you must move RAMTOP as before, 
move the disk directory, and move the disk 
directory pointer. Then the CDOS will allow 
you to operate without getting lost. 

The CDOS directory pointer is ALWAYS 
located at the byte pointed to by RAMTOP and 
the byte following. Wherever these two bytes 
point to the CDOS will look for the disk 
directory. If the directory is not there the 
system will crash and you will have to power 
down and then start over again. In a 16K 
system the pointer & RAMTOP are as follows: 

16388 147 RAMTOP points to 31379 

16389 122 

31379 149 CDOS pointer points to 31381 

31380 122 

31381 CDOS directory starts here 

I use the following locations for RAMTOP 

when using 64K and 32K 

packs: 

For 64K: 16388, 147 RAMTOP at 64147 
16389, 250 

64147, 149 DIRectory at 64149 

64148, 250 

For 32K: 16388, 147 RAMTOP at 47763 
16389, 186 

47763, 149 DIRectory at 47765 

47764, 186 

These locations put the DIRectories at the 
top of memory and free up the most RAM for 
programming. While you could poke in the four 
new values, execute NEW, and then do a GET 
DIRectory CDOS command, the following 
program will do it in machine code and you 
never give up control of the computer. 
LISTing 3 is the machine code program. 
LISTing 4 is a decimal byte-by-byte breakdown 
that you can poke into a REM statement that 
has 53 zeros after it. LISTing 5 is the Basic 
LISTing. This program is for 64K. If you have 



a 32K pack use LISTing 6 & 7 for the correct 
values and change line 20 in the Basic program 
to read: IF PEEK 16389<1 86 then GOTO 70. 

LISTing 5 needs some explanation. Start 
up the system and ensure that the CDOS is at 
the 16K setting. Load the RAMTOP routine. 
Enter in the immediate mode: GOTO 50. Line 
50 makes the program a self-starting CDOS 
program. Line 60 MUST be a GOTO, do not 
change to RUN. For some unknown reason 
using RUN in a self-starting CDOS program 
sends the computer off into never- return land. 
GOTO 10 keeps everything in control. Line 30 
looks for a menu program on the disk. If you 
don't have a menu then the CDOS will give you 
an error message and stop. 

You should now have a good understanding 
on how the ZX-81 sets RAMTOP and how you 
can change it to suite your needs. All of the 
programs are tested and do work. Good luck 
and happy computing! 

Anthony J. Oresteen 

452 Orion Rd 
Batavia, IL 60510 
708/ 879-5608 



POKEs & Calls 

Use at your own risk 

RAND USER 0 

clears program & restarts. 

RAND USER 681 

in FAST mode, prevents report code from 
display. 

RAND USER 757 

in FAST mode saves a program without a name. 
RAND USER 836 

in FAST mode, will load a program and STOP 
it even if it is self starting. Gives a C error code 
but disregard. Hit LIST and there is the 
program. Some MC programs initialize from 
the PRINT buffer and you may not get a 
LISTing. I have seen only one program that did 
this [HOT Z-l]. Most start with a RAND 
USER 16514. 
RAND USER 930 
equivalent to BREAK. 
RAND USER963 

clears program area & variables (NEW) 



RAND USER 2955 

equivalent to "," in PRINT statement. 

RAND USER 3086 

scrolls up one line. 

RAND USER 3292 

equivalent to STOP. 

RAND USER 3875 

equivalent to FAST. 

RAND USER 3883 

equivalent to SLOW. 

POKE 16418, 0 

makes a 24 line display (don't scroll or INPUT 

-CRASH) 

POKE 16441, 20 



gives a 34 column display (careful, can cause 

CRASHes) 

POKE 16509, N 

N=40 to 63. Makes editing hard; line # have 
letters. N=99 prevents program from running or 
LISTing, POKE to 0 to restore operation. 
POKE 16510, 0 

makes first line number 0, can't be edited. Use 
for Copyright notice. To hide LISTing use the 
following:- ENTER "1 REM aa"' then POKE 
16514, 118 and POKE 16515, 118; LISTing is 
gone. 

Anthony T. Oresteen 



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403D 


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4030 


EDBS 


4032 


EB 


4033 


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4036 


54 


4937 


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33 


4093 


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403R 


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403E 


220240 


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LD HLARMTP) 

DEC HL 

LD ( RMTP >; DE 

LD EC; 0048 

LDDR 

EX DE; HL 
XOR R 
SBC HL;DE 
LD C'»H 
LD E; L 
RDD HL;3P 
LD SP;HL 
LD HL;(ERSP> 
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16515 


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42 


16517 


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4036 


04 


RMTP 


4 


16518 




4037 


40 




64 


16513 


RND 


4033 


2B 




43 


16520 


F 


4033 


ED 




237 


16521 


GOSUB 


403R 


53 




33 


16522 




403B 


04 


RMTP 


4 


16523 




403C 


40 




64 


16524 


RND 


408D 


01 


FLGS 


1 


16525 




403E 


40 




64 


16526 


RND 


403F 


00 




0 


16527 




4030 


ED 




237 


16528 


GOSUB 


4031 


B3 




134 


16523 


s 


4032 


EB 




235 


16530 


FOR 


4033 


RF 




175 


16531 


J 


4934 


ED 




237 


16532 


GOSUB 


4035 


52 




32 


16533 




4036 


54 




84 


16534 




4037 


5D 




33 


16o35 




4038 


33 




57 


16536 


T 


4033 


F3 




243 


16537 


RRND 


483A 


2R 




42 


16538 


E 


493B 


02 


ER3P 


2 


16533 




403C 


40 




64 


16540 


RND 


403D 


13 




25 


16541 




403E 






34 


16542 


6 


403F 


02 


ERSP 


2 


16543 




40RS 


40 




64 


16544 


RND 


40R1 


C3 




201 


16545 


TRN 



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RNTHONY J ORESTEEN 64K RAM B 

10 RRND USR 16514 
20 IF PEEK 16333<255 THEN G 
70 

30 LORD "" 
40 STOP 

50 SRVE "64KRRM" 

70 PRINT "RRMTOP ERROR. PLE 
RE-STRRT . " 



L/S7/ASG 3 



4032 
4083 
4087 
408B 
403E 
4030 
4031 
4032 
4835 
4038 
403R 
403D 
40R0 
40R1 
40R2 
40R5 
40R6 
40R3 
40RC 
40RD 
40B0 
40B3 
40B6 



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ED5B7B40 

21FF7F 

ED52 

44 

4D 

21FF7F 

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EDBS 

110080 

2R7B40 

13 

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2R0240 
13 

220240 
2R0440 
13 

220440 
2135FR 
2233FR 
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XOR fl 

LD (HZET);SP 
LD DE;(HZET) 
LD HL; 7FFF 
SBC HL;DE 
LD B;H 
LD C;L 
LD HL;7FFF 
LD DE;FFFF 
LDDR 

LD DE;8000 
LD HL.CHZET) 
ADD HL.. DE 
LD SP;HL 
LD HLAERSP) 
ADD HL; DE 
LD (ERSP)*HL 
LD HL< (. RMTP 'J 
ADD HL; DE 
LD <RMTP>;HL 
LD HL; FR35 
LD (FA33);HL 
RET 



4082-RF 

4083 ED 

4084 73 

4085 7B 

4086 40 

4087 ED 
4038 5B 

4089 7B 
408R 40 
408B 21 
408C FF 
408D 7F 
408E ED 
408F 52 

4090 44 

4091 4D 

4092 21 

4093 FF 

4094 7F 

4095 11 

4096 FF 
4837 FF 

4098 ED 

4099 B8 
403R 11 
403B 00 
409C 88 
403D 2fl 
403E 7B 
403F 40 
40R0 13 
40R1 F3 
40R2 2fl 
40R3 02 
4QA4 40 
49R5 13 
4QA6 22 
40R7 02 
48R3 40 
40A9 2fl 
40RR 04 
40AB 40 
48AC 13 
40RD 22 
48AE 04 
40AF 40 
48B0 21 
40B1 35 
40B2 Ffl 
40B3 22 
40B4 33 
48B5 Ffi 
48B6 C3 



HZET 



HZET 



HZET 



ERSP 



ERSP 



RMTP 



RMTP 



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16521 






16522 


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16523 


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1 D<J<J 1 




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1 DJJt 




Hw 


1 DJJo 


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A 


1 ^^Sil 




OH 


iOJJ 


PWfi 




1 ^^St^ 
1 DjjO 


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i DJJO 






I DJJ7 




33 


16560 


5 


143 


16561 


8 


250 


16o62 


IF 


34 


16563 


6 


14" 


16564 




233 


ib-j65 


If 


201 


16566 


TRN 



4383 ED 

4084 73 

4085 7B 

4086 40 
4387 ED 
4338 5B 
4083 7B 
438R 40 
408B 21 
438C FF 
408D 7F 
408E ED 
408F 52 
4830 44 

4091 4D 

4092 21 

4093 FF 

4094 7F 

4095 11 

4096 FF 
4997 BF 

4098 ED 

4099 B8 
439R 11 
403B 00 
403C 40 
403D 2R 
403E 78 
403F 40 
40R0 19 
40R1 F3 
40R2 2fl 
40R3 02 
40R4 43 
40R5 13 
43R6 22 
4©A7 02 
40R8 40 
40R9 2fl 
40AR 04 
40RB 48 
40RC 13 
40RD 22 
43AE 04 
40HF 40 
40B0 21 
49B1 35 
4QB2 BR 
48B3 22 
40B4 93 
4QB5 Bfl 
43B6 C9 



175 16514 j 

237 16515 GOSUB 

115 16516 

HZET 123 16517 

64 16518 RND 

237 16513 GOSUB 

31 16520 
HZET 123 16521 

64 16522 RND 

33 16523 5 

255 16524 COPY 

127 16525 

237 16526 GOSUB 

32 16527 
63 16528 
77 16529 

33 16530 5 
255 16531 COPY 
127 16532 

17 16533 ) 

255 16534 COPY 

191 16535 z 

237 16536 GOSUB 

184 16537 S 

17 16533 ) 

ERNR 0 16539 



4032"1 1FFBF 

4035 2R8440 
4033 2B 

4833 ED530443 
408D 014000 
4330 EDB3 
4832 EB 

4033 RF 

4034 ED52 

4036 54 
4337 5D 
4033 33 
4033 F9 
403R 2R0248 
403D 13 
403E 220240 
40R1 C3 



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LD HL ; C RMTP ) 
DEC HL 

LD <RMTP;';DE 
LD BC;8040 
LDDR 
EX DE .• HL 
XOR fl 
SBC HL; DE 
LD D;H 
LD E;L 
HDD HL;SP 
LD SP;HL 
LD HL;CERSP) 
ADD HL; DE 
LD <ERSP);HL 
RET 





64 


16540 


RND 




42 


16541 


E 


HZET 


123 


16542 






64 


16543 


RND 




25 


16544 






249 


16545 


RRND 




42 


16546 


E 


ERSP 


2 


16547 






64 


16548 


RND 




25 


16549 


> 




34 


16550 


6 


ERSP 




16551 






64 


16552 


RND 




±Z 


16553 


E 


RMTP 


4 


16554 






64 


16555 


RND 




25 


16556 


t 




34 


16557 


6 


RMTP 


4 


16558 






64 


16559 


RND 




33 


16560 


5 




149 


16561 


i* 




186 


16562 


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34 


16563 


6 




147 


16564 






136 


16o65 


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281 


16566 


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255 


1 <1 
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4033 FF 




16515 


COPY 


4034 BF 




131 


16516 




4035 2R 




42 


16517 


i 


4086 04 


RMTF 


4 


16518 




4037 40 




64 


16513 


RND 


4833 2B 




43 


16520 


F 


4039 ED 




237 


16521 


GOSUB 


408R 53 




33 


16522 




483B 84 


RMTP 


4 


16523 




403C 40 




64 


16524 


RND 


488D 01 


FLGS 


1 


16525 




408E 48 




64 


16525 


RND 


408F 06 




6 


16527 




4830 ED 




237 


16523 


GOSUB 


4031 B8 




184 


16529 


C 


4832 EB 




235 


16538 


FOR 


4833 RF 




175 


16531 


■i 


4834 ED 




£.37 


16532 


GOSUB 


4035 52 




82 


1 b5oc' 




4036 54 




84 


16534 




4837 5D 




93 


16535 




4033 33 




57 


16536 


T 


4033 F3 




243 


16537 


RRND 


409R 2R 




42 


16538 


E 


483B 02 


ERSP 




16533 




483C 40 




64 


16540 


RND 


489D 19 






16541 




403E 22 




34 


16542 


6 


403F 02 


EFSP 


2 


16543 




40R8 40 




64 


16544 


RND 


48R1 C3 




201 


16545 


TRN 



3ZK RAM boot 



0-REM J GOSUB ??RND GOSUB ?! 
D5 COPY k GOSUB ???5 COPY k'J CC 
COPY GOSUB s> ETRND; RRND EF 
D;6RNDERND;6RND5S IF 6_ IF T 
N R ORESTEEN 64K CDOS BOOT 

18 RRND USR 16514 
20 IF PEEK 16333<250 THEN GOT 
70 

"R:MENU;P" 



30 LORD 
40 STOP 
50 SAVE 
60 GOTO 
70 PRINT 
RE-STRRT. 



"R:64KD03;3;P" 

10 

"RRMTOP ERROR. PLERS 



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iD5 COPY k GOSUB ???5 COPY k ) COP 
' -r GOSUB s> RNDE7RND; RRND ERN 
. ; 6RNDERND; 6RND5Eu6_uTRN 
1 ORESTEEN 32K CDOS BOOT 



10 RRND USR 16514 

20 IF PEEK 16333U36 THEN GOTO 

70 

30 LORD "fl : MENU; P 
40 STOP 

50 SRVE "R-32KD0S;S;P" 
60 GOTO 10 

7g PRINT "RRMTOP ERROR. PLERS 
RE-STRRT. " 



4032 


RF 


4083 


ED737B40 


4037 


ED5B7B40 


408B 


21FF7F 


403E 


ED52 


4830 


44 


4031 


4D 


4032 


•21FF7F 


4035 


11FFBF 


4838 


EDBS 


403R 


113040 


403D 


2R7B40 


40R0 


19 


40R1 


F3 


40R2 


2R0240 


40R5 


13 


40R6 


220240 


40R9 


2R0440 


40RC 


13 


48RD 


220440 


48B0 


2195BR 


40B3 


2233BR 


40B6 


C3 



"XOR R 
LD <HZET);SP 
LD DE; ( HZET ) 
LD HL; 7FFF 
SBC HL; DE 
LD B;H 
LD C/L 
LD HL; 7FFF 
LD DE; BFFF 
LDDR 

LD DE;ERNR 
LD HL;CHZET> 
RDD HL;DE 
LD SP;HL 
LD HLAERSP? 
RDD HL;DE 
LD <ERSP);HL 
LD HLARMTP) 
ADD HL; DE 
LD (RMTP>;HL 
LD HL; BR35 
LD <BA33);HL 
RET 




26 



FRUSTRATED PC USERS FLOOD HELP LINES 

by Joan Kealy 



Austin, TX. newspaper — March 4, 1994 

Austin - The exasperated help-line caller 
said she couldn't get her new Dell computer to 
turn on. Jay Albinger, a Dell Computer Corp. 
technician, made sure the computer was 
plugged in and then asked the woman what 
happened when she pushed the power button. 

"Fve pushed and pushed on this foot pedal 
and nothing happens," the woman replied. 

"Foot pedal?" the technician asked. 

"Yes," the woman said, "this little white 
foot pedal with the ON switch." 

The "foot pedal," it turned out, was the 
computer's MOUSE, a hand-operated device 
that helps to control the computer's operations. 

Personal-computer makers are discovering 
that it's still a low- 
tech world out 
there. While they 
are finally having 
great success sell- 
ing PC's to house- 
holds, they now 
have to deal with 
people to whom 
monitors and disk 
drives are as for- 
eign as another 
language. 

"It is rather 
mystifying to get 
this nice, beautiful 
machine and not 
know anything 
about it," said Ed Shuler, a technician who 
helps field consumer calls at Dell's headquar- 
ters. 

"It's going into unfamiliar territory," said 
Gus Kolias, vice president of consumer service 
and training for Compaq Computer Corp. 

Only two years ago, most calls to PC help 
lines came from teenies needing help on com- 
plex problems. But now, with computer sales to 
homes exploding as new "multimedia" func- 
tions gain mass appeal. PC makers say that as 
many as 70 percent of their calls come from 
rank novices. 




The questions are often so basic that they 
could have been answered by opening the 
manual that comes with every machine. One 
woman called Dell's toll-free line to ask how to 
install batteries in her laptop. When told that the 
directions were on the first page of the manual, 
said Steve Smith, Dell's director of technical 
support, the woman replied angrily, "I just paid 
$2,000. for this damn thing, and I'm not going 
to read a book." 

Indeed, it seems that these buyers rarely re- 
fer to a manual when a phone is at hand. "If 
there is a book and phone and they're side by 
side, the phone wins time after time," said Craig 
McQuilkin, manager of service marketing for 
AST Research Inc. in Irvine, CA. "It's a phe- 
nomenon of peo- 
ple wanting to talk 
to people." 

And do they 
ever. Compaq's 
help center in 
Houston is inun- 
dated with some 
8,000 consumer 
calls a day, with 
inquiries like this 
one related by 
technician John 
Wolf. 

""A frustrated 
customer called 
who said her 
brand New Con- 
tura would not work. She said she had un- 
packed the unit, plugged it in, opened it up and 
sat there for 20 minutes waiting for something 
to happen. When asked what happened when 
she pressed the switch, she asked, "What power 
switch?"" 

Seemingly simple computer features baffle 
some users. So many people have called to ask 
where the "any" key is when "Press Any Key" 
flashes on the screen that Compaq is consider- 
ing changing the command to "Press Return 
Key." 0/0 



27 



New addition to the PD Library, Disk #10 
and Disk #11 (Manual) 



by Christian Boisvert 



Checks & copies 6 blocks at a time, makes up to 4 copies. 

Checks & copies > 6 blocks at a time, exact memory length., up to 4 copi 

FORMATS then copies. Copies 5 blocks at a time. (Customize before use) 



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FORMATS and mapS-OUt bad blocks. (Customize before use) 



Freshens without reformat. 



Manual block map-out. 
Rebuilds giitched CATaiog. 



Clears and reformats unused blocks and invalid files. 
Clears unused blocks and invalid files. 



Disk information. 
File analyzer. 
Block analyzer. 
Block editor. 

Copies disk name to another. 

Sorts files in alphabetical order. 

Renames one or all selected files. 

Adds color to disk name. 

Edits disk name, not for colored names. 

AUTOSTART 

Boot. 



Customization 
Edit LET A$ = "_" add 

L forLarKen 
O forOliger 
A for AERCO 
R forRAMEX 



OLA 3/94 



PD Library SSDD or DSDD LKDOS 5.25" disks are available for $3.50 each pp. (We do not wish 
to compete with our dealers). From: A. KAHALE 

335 W NEWPORT RD 
2 g HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 601 95-31 06 



WHY THE OLIGER DISK 1/F WITH JLO SAFE IS THE BEST AVAILABLE FOR YOU TS-2068 



It is the only system that does not require RAND USR calls. 

JLO SAFE V2 has the easiest syntax structure. The SAFE 
commands are easier to learn than any other system. Just enter 
the disk commands exactly like you would for tape cassette but 
put the / character directly after the SAVE, LOAD, etc. to tell the 
system to use the disk system instead of tape! 

9 Most of the commands require fewer keystrokes to enter and 
use less memory within 2068 or Spectrum BASIC. 

9 The Oliger Disk 1/F is the only one that does not use the 
Dock bank memory nor the cartridge port It will work with any 
AROS cartridge. 

B Is as fast or fester than any other DOS for the 2068. 

9 CMOS logic chips and simple design allow the Oliger disk 
1/F to consume less power from the 2068, and causes less 
Loading on the Z80 outputs. 

9 The modular design of the Oliger Disk 1/F hardware allows 
easier trouble shooting if they should ever fiil. Service by John 
Oliger Co. is available if needed. 

9 Is the only one for the 2068 that features sockets on every IC 
for ease of repair. Saving a few cents by soldering ICs is never 
done by John Oliger Co. 

9 Is the only 2068 disk 1/F available as either fully assembled & 
tested, as kits or as bare boards with full instructions on 
assembly and testing. Repair of non-functioning kits is also 
available. 



The John Oliger Co. has been serving the Timex/Sinclair 
enthusiast for over 10 years, and will be around for further 
support in the future. You will not have an orphan Disk 1/F for 
your orphan Sinclair! 

9 Is the only DOS available that will expand with the future. If 
and when drives become available that can handle more than 84 
or 85 tracks JLO SAFE will be ready to handle them by using a 
simple BASIC command. SAFE allows up to 255 tracks per 
side, if the drives ever do! 

9 Can speed up your BASIC programs via a fast integer 
FOR/NEXT loop structure that will beat a QL or Commodore 
128 BASIC machine! 

9 Has the most functions available via the NMI save button. 
STATE SAVEs, screen SAVEs, screen COPY, quit to BASIC, 
PAUSE, and RESET are available. 

9 Allows use of different drive types and sizes at the same 
time. The MOVE /"filename" command will transfer files 
between dissimilar drives with ease. 

Actual Example of Normal CATalog 

JLO SAFE V2.65 1992 J. OLIGER 

DISK NAME: INVOICE MASTER 
FORMATTED @85 TRACKS, 2 SIDE(S) 
CAPACITY: 169 CYLS/845K BYTES 
FREE: 125 CYLS/625K BYTES 



FILENAME 


TYPE 


CYLS 


SIZE 


START 


INVOICE WR 


BASIC 


3 


13146 


1 


invoice wr 


BASIC 


3 


13140 


1 


VERIFY 


STATE 


10 


49664 




ERASED? 


STATE 


10 


49664 




spec code 


BYTES 


4 


16384 


32768 


SPEC CODE 


BYTES 


4 


16384 


32768 


BAD CODE 


BYTES 


4 


16384 


32768 


SPEC CODE3 


BYTES 


4 


16384 


32768 


VERIFYBAS 


BASIC 


1 


436 




BASIC 


BASIC 


1 


67 





TOTAL FILES: 10 



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OLIGER DISK I/F W/JLO SAFE SPECIFICATIONS 

Number of drives supported: 1, 2, 3, or 4 
Number of sides per drive: 1 or 2 

Number of tracks per side: 10-255. (Most drives only 40 or 80) 
DOS does not use RAM or memory space. SAFE is contained 
on an EPROM in another bank. 
No booting of DOS required. 

SAVE/LOAD transfer speed: 250K bits per second (32K bytes 

per second) Snapshot SAVE. 

True LOAD speed : 48K bytes in aprox. 4 seconds 

True SAVE speed: 48K bytes in aprox. 7 seconds (auto Verify) 

Formatted capacity (per disk):- 

40 track, double-sided = 395K 40 track, single-sided - 195K 
80 track, double-sided = 795K 83 track, double-sided = 825K 
Maximum number of files per disk: 177 
Disk allocation cluster size: 5K Always Double Density. 
Compatible with 2068 Spectrum mode, 0S64 cartridge and 
AROS cartridges 

Other functions are supported by snapshot SAVE button. 
Also supports a SCREENS SAVE to disk, a screen copy to the 
Oliger Printer Port or return to BASIC. 

Large serial printer support built in. Supports some 
combinations of the AERCO printer 1/F used with some printers. 

All types of cassette files are supported in all the possible 
combinations along with new variables only SAVE/LOAD and 
total state (eveiything) SAVE/LOAD. 

SAVE/LOAD commands are EXACTLY as is required for 
the cassette commands but with the / character immediately 
after the SAVE or LOAD keyword, e.g.: SAVE /"Program" 
LINE 1 or LOAD /"screen" SCREENS. 

WE PAY POSTAGE (First Class) on all orders to continental USA or 
Canada Other foreign countries add 10% for post/packing. Indiana residents add 
5% sales tax. Prepaid orders only, no credit cards. Prices subject to change 
without notice. NOTE: All of the boards as well as all future John Oliger Co. 
boards are designed with edge trace "fingers" to fit the 2068 Expansion Board 
The ONLY exception to this is the 2068 User Cartridge which plugs into the 
cartridge Blot on your computer and the Vpp power supply which is a free 
standing board. All my products include a 10 day money back satisfaction 
guarantee, if returned UNSOLDERED and in same condition received. 
Assembled units are Guaranteed to work as promised or will be repaired free for 
30 days from shipment date if faulty in material or workmanship. 

The John Oliger Co. 

11601 Whidbey Dr. 
Cumberland, IN 46229 

transcribed by A Kabale 



RMG Enterprises 

14784 South Quail Grove Cir. 
Oregon City OR 97045 

Items That Would Like To Find A New Home! Read This! 

i> TS 1833 IN LARGE BURROUGHS FULL KEYBOARD -$ 38.18 [T> SONY TC-66 TAPE RECORDER (1 BUTTON MISSIKG) $ 12.58 

2> TS 1816 RAM PARS BOTH'.— (Iff!) — $ 8.88 1> BOOR - 51 GAMES FOR THE TS1888 $ 3.58 

1> HEMOTECH 32K MEMQPAK RAM PAK-( 1888) $ 25.83 2> BOOR - 18 STARTER PROGRAMS PROM FAMILY COMPUTING^. 58 EA 

1> SOUNDWAVE TAPE RECORDER - $ 12.58 1> BOOR - BEST OF FAMILY COMPUTING PROGRAMS— $4.58 

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For above item(s) please use reference # HDU0691 



1 > QL computer in large case w/full travel KB $ 65.00pp 

For Above Item(S) Please Use Reference # EFU0690 



1> FRANKLIN PC 8830 XT COMPATIBLE/ 512K RAM/2 368K DRIVES/NO 
SLOT CLOCK INSTALLED/ 1 EXTRA SLOT DOS 3.2/GWBASIC AND 

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1> 8-BIT RLL HD CONTROLLER $ 25.88PP 

1> TANDY/ IBM JOYSTICK - $ 15.88PP 

1> LOTUS WORKS-NEW-COMLETE $ 58.83PP 

1> LOTUS 1 - 2 - 3 REL 2.2 KEN - IN SHRINK $ 53.80PP 

1> RGB (CGA) MONITOR W/CGA CARD 8 BIT $ 93.83PP 



1> BOOK PACKAGE-(ALL OR KOKE) : HOW TO USE THE T/S COMPUTER/ 
THE TS 2868 EXPLORED/TS1588/1883 MC PROGRAMMING AND 

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1> 2868 S/l PACKAGE -(ALL OR NONE) : STATES-CAPS/ PENETRATOR/ 
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For Above Item(S) Please Use Reference # GBU0990 



Just In! Great Buy On 286!!! 

1 Only - Tandon 286/12 motherboard in case with PS — $115.00+pp 
1 Meg RAM exp. To 5 Megs/ser-par ports/manuals no drives no keyboard no monitor or color card. == Or=== 
We will install a 1.2M-5.25" or 1.44M-3.5" floppy/101 KB CGA card and include 14" CGA monitor W/DOS 

4.01 and manuals All for only $450.00 pp 

For Above Item(S) Please Use Reference # ANOU0392 
Unless otherwise noted all items include shipping! 

CNSN-2 Last Updated: February 11, 1994 



More Items That Would Like To Find A New Home! Read This! 



1> PC TO QL MONITOR ADAPTOR (USE QL MONITOR ON PC)-$ 45.88 

Like your QL Vision Monitor? Want to use it on your PC? 
This adaptor w/poner supply sill allow you to do that with 
any CGA output. 

For above item(s) please use reference # DSU1190 



1> TS 2868 IN WOODEN CASE W/ LARGE KB/RESET/MORE-$ 85.33PP 
1> DMP-438 15" DOT MATRIX PRINTER (GOOD SHAPE) -$UMIPP 



1> BSR 1288 BAUD EXTERNAL MODEM - LIKE NEW! $ 48.38 1> COMPOSITE MONOCHROME 12" MONITOR- 

1> TANDY COCO PACKAGE - $ 48.88 

For above item(s) please use reference # REGU0591 



-$ 45.88 



1> TS 1888 IN KRADLE KEYBOARD W/ ADDED RAM- 

A REAL COLLECTOR'S ITEM! 
1> MELBOURNE HOUSE SOFTWARE PAK-8 PIECES-- 
1> SOFTSYNC SOFTWARE PAK-9 PIECES— 



•$133.38 

•$ 25.88 
•$ 25.88 



1> SOFTWARE FARMS HI-REZ SOFTWARE PAK-3 PIECES- 
ALL 3 TITLES FOR THE 1883 

1> TIHEX SOFTWARE PAK-3 PIECES 

1> MAGAZINE/BOOK PAK-3 BOOKS/21 MAGS 



For above items please use reference # FRSU0792 



•$ 28.83 

•$ 13.88 
•$ 25.88 



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i> MIRACLE QL PRINTER INTERFACE — - 

i> QL TECHNICAL GUIDE 

I> RITEMAN 9 PIN DOT MATRIX PRINTER 



$ 40.00 
$ 11.11 
$115.11 



2> AERCO FD-68 DISK INTERFACE W/256K RAH $125 J0EA 

1> COLECO POWER SUPPLY FOR USE KITH FD-68 $ 5.00 

INCLUDES: TRACTOR/ROLL FEED H/8 RIBBONS GRAPHICS COMPATIBLE 



For above items please use reference # RDSU0393 



1> TIMEX SINCLAIR 1000/ZX81 USERS MANUAL -■ 
1> THE TIMEX PERSONAL COMPUTER MADE SIMPLE 



2.50 
2. 50 



1> MASTERING YOUR TS1330 PERSONAL COMPUTER 



$ 2.50 



COLLECTOR'S ITEMS 

Iipinski's software buyer's guide to ts products and sevices in loose leaf binder $ 10.00+3sh 

For above items use reference # HCU0793 

CNSN-3 last updated: December 4, 1993 



■(1) TS1000 with Filesixty rubber keyboard overlay, excellent 
condition. $20 (Add $5 for 1000 ma power supply). 

•(1) MagicBridge 16K raipak (Great Britain). Siliconed rear 
cover reaoved, can easily be replaced. Like new $4 

(1) E-Z Key Keyboard mounted in 9"xl4" E-Z Key enclosure. 
TS1000 mounted inside. Added features: AC & DC power 



switches, AC & CD fuse holders, reset switch, video 
inverter, AC outlets for power pak/TV/cassette, MOV 
spike protection. DC voltmeter & ammeter. Paint is 
scratched some, but good for peripheral experimentation. 
$50 plus $7 shipping. 



For above items please use reference # VVU0491 



4> TS 1000 S/W:pRGG. TOOLKIT/GRAPKICS KIT/PAC-RABBIT 

HMJ SUPERTAPE ALL $ 12.00 



1> m PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE FOR 2068 AND A&J — $ 5.00 
2> TS 1000 COMPUTERS IN ORIGINAL BOXES -NEVER USED $ 28.00EA 



For above item(s) please use reference # FHU0291 



1> MIRACLE CENTRONICS I/F 



$ 40.00PP |1> DUAL 5.25 DRIVES H/CASE/CABLE/PS 

For above item(s) please use reference # SAU0291 



$195M00PP 



Another Great Package Buy! 

Here is your chance to get a Sinclair QL, in great shape, with power supply, manual and original 
software, 8 blank MDV carts and a box that holds 12 cartridges. You will also get a NAP 12" 
amber composite monitor and all cables needed to hook it up. To round out the package, there 

are 3 books and several issues of QL magazines to go along. 
ALL OF THIS FOR ONLY $150!! 
Please add $15.00 for shipping within the 48 contiguous states. 
Don't wait! This one will sell fast! A great starter or back up package for someone. 

Use reference # JCU0893 

NOTE: All of the above include shipping unless noted to add more. Please allow 3-6 weeks delivery on these items. 
Owner will be shipping direct to the buyer. 

CNSN-5 Last Updated: February 11, 1994 



QL SERVICE MAKOAL-- - 

ZX81 BASIC PROGRAMMING - 

MASTERING YOUR TS1000/ZX81 COMPUTER - 

MC68000 PROGRAMMING POCKET GUIDE 

ADVANCED IN QL MACHINE CODE 

THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM ROM DISASSEMBLY 



Here Is A Real Bonanza Of Ts And Spectrum Used Items! 

BOOKS 

TS2068 INT/ADV GUIDE 



5.00 
3.00 
5J0 
15.00 



•§ 20.00 



MC68008 MICROPROCESSOR MANUAL— 
2-M68000 PROGRAMMER'S MANUAL— 

MTERM TELECOMM BOOK 

QL TECH MANUAL 

SINCLAIR SURVIVALIST'S HANDBOOK- 



3. 

5. 

5. 

5.00 
20.00 
10.00 



For above items please use reference # MCU0892 



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1> NEW ! IN ORIGINAL CA?"- 
ZOCKERBOARD 12S3B EXi: 



•-$ 55.MPP 



MODEM 



2> NEW! HEADSTART BUS TYPE 3 BUTTON MOUSE $ 45.MEA 

1> TS 2868 IN WOODEN CASE WITH FULL KEYBOARD/PS $ 75.! 

HAD SOME DEDICATED KEYS RESET AND MORE/EXTRA KEYS 

For above items please use reference #CCU1192 

CNSN-8 last updated: January 31, 1993 



Current Public Domain Price List 



Description 

SUPERBOOT II DISK 
DISK FILE MANAGER PD VERSION 
SNYDER-CIVIL WAR DIARY 
BOOK-CIVIL WAR DIARY (SNYDER) 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #1 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #2 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #3 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #4 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #5 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #6 
VISTA-PUBLIC DOMAIN DISK #7 
BYTE POWER - D.U.S. UTILITY DISK 
BYTE POWER - D.U.S. MANUAL ON DISK 
CHAMBERS-LKDOS DISK UTILITY PACKAGE 
DOHANY LKDOS PD UTILITY DISK 
HURD-LARKEN UTILITIES (DISK ONLY) 
OMNIBUS AOS 

SWOGER- LKDOS LogiCall V5.0 UPGRADE 
CHAMBERS -MSDOS TO LKDOS FILE CONVERTER 
S INCUS PD LIBRARY (3 DISKS) 
LEMKE-PIXEL PRINT PLUS DTP 
LEMKE-PIXEL SKETCH/ GRAPHICS EDITOR 
LEMKE-PIXEL PRINT PRO 
LEMKE-TASWORD CONVERSION (DTP) 
EXECUTIVE-SOUND EXPLORER 
QL PD SOFTWARE DISK 

QL PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE-PER DISK 
PSION EXCHANGE SUITE - PD DISK ONLY 
FINDEX-PC DATA BASE (WOODS) 
MS-DOS PD DISK (EACH) 

SPECTRUM EMULATOR FOR IBM COMPATIBLES 







Stock # 


Price 


(2068) 


(FD-68) 


RMG# 0 / 3 o 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(FD-68) (PD) 




3. 


50 


(2068) 


(PD) 


RMG# 0/41 


3. 


50 




(PD) 


■nwir'-ti- C\ 1 OQ 

Kiyn_'ff u i y o 


5 . 


00 


(2068 ) 


/ T _. ___ TV _» «_ \ 

(LarKen) 


KMQjff U_UD 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 


RMGff U o O y 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 




3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 


RM(j# U / b b 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 


KMLrff U / o / 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 


Kjyi(_-# u o i y 


3 . 


50 


(2068 ) 


(LarKen) 


KMLiff U o Z U 


3 . 


50 


(2068) 


/ t _v __.Ty_-._-* \ 

(LarKen) 


KMCjff Uo4o 


3 . 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 


Kiyiv_-#Uo / / 


3. 


50 


(2068 ) 


(LarKen) 


KMb-ffU / jj 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) (PD) 


KMGff lUb-i 


5. 


00 


(2068) 


(LarKen) (PD) 


RMG# 0 2 y o 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) (PD) 


RMG#01bb 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) (PD) 


RMG# 1103 


5 . 


00 


(2068 ) 


(LarKen) (PD) 


KTiLrff Uo i 1 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(LarKen) 


RMG#0422 


10. 


50 


(2068) 




RMG#0438 


3. 


50 


(2068) 




RMG#0777 


3. 


50 


(2068) 


(AERC0) 


RMG#0937 


3. 


50 


(2068) 




RMG#0776 


3. 


50 


(QL) 


(PD) 


RMG#0145 


3. 


50 


(QL) 




RMG#0577 


3. 


50 


(QL) 


(PD) 


RMG#0771 


3. 


00 


(QL) 


(PD) 


RMG#1063 


7. 


50 


(PC) 




RMG#0305 


15. 


00 




(PD) 


RMG#1092 


3. 


00 


(PC) 




RMG#1065 


5. 


00 



All Prices Subject To Change Without Notice! Subject To Stock On Hand! 

Please Check Availability BEFORE YOU ORDER! 

February 22, 1994 



Return Goods Policy Change, Effective October 1, 1993. 



If you purchase new item(s) and they're 
not what you expected or will not work with your 
type of computer, we will only take them back if 
you call for return authorization first! 
furthurmore, if the item(s) are not in original 
boxes/packing materials there will be a 50% 
restockong fee as these items cannot be sold as 



new again. If item(s) are in the original 
boxes/packing materials, the restocking fee is 
25%. If item(s) are not working as when shipped 
to the customer from rmg when they are received 
back, there will be NO refund! The item(s) in this 
case will be shipped back to the customer as-is. 



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HANiCAL AFFINITY 

CATALOG 

The following are now available from Mechanical Affinity for your Sinclair home or business computer. Most items 
listed are available in quantity. 

Orders may be placed by check or money order, or International Postal Money order. We do not accept charge cards 
at this time. Please make ail checks out to either Frank Davis or Paul Holmgren. 

DO NOT MAKE CHECKS OUT TO MECHANICAL AFFINITY. YOU MAY PLACE YOUR ORDER AT EITHER OF THE TWO LOCATIONS. 

For those orders placed in the United States ail postage and handling is included in the item price. For Canadian 
orders please add $2.00 additional for postage per order. For the rest of the world please add $3.00 additional postage 
per order. Sorry for this, but the high price of foreign postage requires us to ask for this. 

MECHANICAL AFFINITY MECHANICAL AFFINITY 

c/o Frank Davis c/o Paul Holmgren 

513 EAST MAIN ST 5231 WILTON WOOD COURT 

PERU, INDIANA 46970 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46254 

Phone 31 7-473-8031 Phone 31 7-291 -6002 

CHECK FOR NEW PRICES 



GOLD CARD FOR THE QL 

THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE 2 MEG OF MEMORY, 
16 MEGAHERTZ SPEED (up to 4 times the present 
speed of your QL), AND USE UPTO THREE DRIVES 
INCLUDING THE 1 .4 AND NEW 3.2 MEG DRIVES. 
HAS FULL TK2 AND EVEN INCLUDES THE CODE 
FOR OPERATING A WINCHESTER HARD DRIVE 
(hard drive interface and hard drive not included). 

$360.00 

shipped insured, First Class Mall. 

Full Trump Card, with TK2, and capable of 2 drives, 
giving you a drive interface that handles 3 1/2" and 5 
1/4" 360K, or 720K drives and RAM memory of 896K.. 
All for only $200.00 
insured & postage paid. 

Add on for QL Trump Card and Gold Card to allow you 
to use upto 4 drives and latest operating system 
upgrade. Includes latest version of Tony Tabby's 
Toolkit II. $42.00 

NEW FOR THE Z88! 
Soft carrying case for the Z88. Protect your notebook 
sized computer from accidents and the elements. This 
case is also handy for those with the Laser PC3, 
Compumate 3 or PC4. $1 0 

1 28K RAM EXPANSION for the Z88, $50. 
51 2K RAM EXPANSION for the Z88, $165. 
Z88 to MAC CABLES for $1 0. 

MACLINK EPROM CARTRIDGE, software and cable 
only $55. 
QLINK, QL to Z88 software, for only $35. 



SERVICES and PARTS 

FLP/RAM LEVEL 2, REPLACEMENT EPROM for 
SuperQBoards (V1 .17 onwards, with and without 
mouse) and all Trump Cards. New manual, real Gold 
Card compatible subdirectories, about twice as fast on 
disk access times , and it has the latest TK2, and a 
new ATR device which lets you access IBM/ATARI 
disks directly. All for only $40. 

QL INTERNAL ROM BOARD- this allows you to put 
your favorite ROM version (JM, JS, JSU, MGUS, 
MGUK, etc.) on an eprom. This will lower power 
consumption by the QL by about 20% & drop the 
internal heat by close to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. There 
is also room on the eprom for us to include one of the 
following programs if you are an owner of one of them: 
ICE, QFLASH, TKII, SPEED SCREEN, TKIII. Brd & 
eprom $40.00 
Board alone $15.00 
Custom eprom alone $25.00 
Let us know which ROM version you want us to 
supply, or you can supply. We can obtain the latest 
Minerva for you at current market price. We can also 
put your own code on EPROM. 

INTERNAL BATTERY BACKED CLOCK FOR QL, 
uses lithium battery, so should be good for far longer 
than ordinary batteries. This plugs in where the 8032 
goes, and the 8032 is then installed in it. board and 
battery $20 
installed $26 



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QL CASE, contains keys and bare motherboard, no 
microdrives. Can be used to replace bad case, 
keytops, or bad motherboard, or even as a start on 
building your own spare QL $20 

KEYTOPS FOR QL Use to replace broken or missing 
keys, or the whole set, if need be. These are originals. 

$7.50 

5 1/4" DISKS, 360K or 720K, brank name, with Tyvek 
sleeves 1 00 disks for $1 8. 

QL NETWORK PROVER, small circuit in box, gives 
visual LED indication of when two or more networked 
QLs are actually working correctly, $1 2. 

QLs, basic computer, PSION 4 software, power 
supply, and mini manual. 
All of this for only $85. 
TS2068 Computer, 

manual and power supply for only $50. 

TS2040 Thermal Printer for TS1 000 or TS2068, 
includes paper and power supply $30. 



Sinclair Computing is our Specialty! 



TS2068 DOCK EPROM BOARDS, 
bare $10.00 
These can be used for a TS2068 program on an 
eprom or can be configured to use for Non-Volatile 
memory boards (32K to 128K), or as RAM Disk. Let us 
know if you need docs for these. 

Tom Benfs improved 8KTS1000 ROM on EPROM. 
Requires at least 1 6K RAM expansion to operate, but 
bug corrected, some character improvement, improved 
floating point math, and runs cooler. $1 0.00 
if we supply the special socket $1 2.oo 



SPECTRUM B ROMs, on eprom, bug corrected w/ 
additional character set on the eprom, $1 0.00 



disk or tape. Greatly increased command structure 

and available memory for database. 

Loads instantly! $25.00 

HOT Z AROS, on cartridge, only a few left, for the 
TS2068, and for only. Uses dock port of TS2068. 

$25.00 

QLs REPAIRED AND UPGRADED as per Quantum 
Levels articles on extending and improving the life of 
your QL Basic repair fee is $35. Sinclair specialty 
chips, microdrives and membranes extra if needed. 
Call Paul at 317-291-6002, or Frank at 317-473-8031 
for further details. 

Sinclair Computing is our Specialty! 



BRAND NEW FOR THE QL 

MINERVA MK1 , the ultimate replacement ROM for the 
QL With this you can multi-task SuperBasic programs, 
do soft resets on the computer, use a dual screen, 
greatly improved speed, MDV datestamping, and the 
elimination of many bugs found in the earlier ROMs for 
the QL. This comes on eprom, with its own board to 
replace your current ROMs, for only $62. 

HERMES, replacement co-processor for the 8049. 
This will end any keyboard rollover you may be 
experiencing; allow you to set the serial output baud 
rates as high as 19,200 baud, and even set 
independent baud rates for serial 1 and 2 for input (and 
after the release of Minerva 1 .94 and above you will be 
able to also do this for output); allows you to use a 
modem with no dropped characters (even at 300 baud 
without a modaptor); allow you to toggle ON/OFF the 
keyboard click; improve the "fuzzy" and "random" 
sound; and cures the I NTT screen freeze that used to 
occur, plus the keyboard buffer is increased from 23 to 
31 bytes for type ahead. This is the second processor 
for the QL after your 68008 and by replacing that 8049 
with the HERMES you will note the improvement. All of 
this for only $43. 



We can supply for those who are owners of the tape 
programs the following programs on eprom: ZXLR8 for 
theTS1000, PROFILE for TS2068, MSCRIPT, HOT-Z 
AROS for TS2068, MTERM II for the TS2068 and 
DELPHI UTILITIES for the TS1000. 
(for the eprom) $10.00 

PROFILE for the TS2068 ON PLUG IN BOARD, the 
best TS2068 database, and it works great with either 



NEW SOFTWARE FOR YOUR QL 



We have been engaged in a search of all the newest 
and the best software from around the world for your 
QL. The search is not quite over, but here is what we 
have found so far. If you are looking for something we 
do not have listed here, give us a call and we will see if 
we can obtain it for you. We are users of Sinclair and 
Cambridge computers; thanks for the support! 



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* FROM EUROPE * 

QSPREAD - the dream spreadsheet many QL users 
have waited for. It runs under the Pointer Environment, 
either by mouse or keyboard. It is formula oriented, as 
opposed to Abacus, giving the advantage that it can be 
modified anywhere. The Parser has 22 scientific 
functions, along with the standard ones. The size of 
the spreadsheet is limited only by your memory. 
Professional quality For only $89. 

QMENU - a very easy to use interface with pre-defined 
menus (multi-column file-select, simple-choice boxes, 
or select from lists, error handling). For only $25. 

THE LONELY JOKER - this is a solitaire game based 
on three different patiences: Echelon, Napoleon, and 
Cascade. All three games are very addictive, with 
different variations per game. It can be controlled by 
either mouse or by the keyboard, and runs under the 
Pointer Environment. Many people not into games 
keep coming back! For only $29. 

SER MOUSE - a software driver which allows you to 
connect up a cheap serial (PC) mouse to one of the 
serial ports on your QL. Even allows the use of three 
button mouses. This requires you to provide the 
mouse and it needs the Pointer Environment, such as 
QPAC 2, QRAM, or QTOP. For those who have the 
QIMI (with clock) mouse with Gold Card, you can now 
remove that and still have a mouse, Gold Card and a 
battery backed clock in one machine. Not for use with 
a Microsoft mouse. For only $37. 

QDESIGN, VERSION 2 - the graphic and design 
program, which now runs entirely under the Window 
Manager! QDesign handles virtual screens up to 2880 
x 2880 pixels in 2 or 4 colors (depending on your 
memory size), QL- and Atari-Screens, Professional 
Publisher, Page Designer 2, and ART+ pages. It has a 
PreView over the whole page, and three zoom sizes. 
It uses, for the first time on a QL, Vectorfonts, which 
may be modified in more than one billion ways per 
font! Configures to print with 9 or 24 pin printers; also 
HP Laserjets and compatibles. Cost $89. 

THE PAINTER, VERSION 4 - superb quality art and 
painting program for the QL, pointer driven or keyboard 
driven. 1 00% machine code and very user friendly, 
with both 9 and 24 pin printer drivers. It is also multi- 
tasking, with ail sorts of drawing and text facilities; 
large text, lines, and fill patterns, etc. Disk only and 
requires expanded memory, only $55. 



EASY POINTER II - you can create your own PE 
menus & sprites and use them in your own SuperBasic 
or machine code programs. Easy to create menus 
now! Put ail of the items you need on screen... and it is 
donel Supports ALL PE facilities. Many examples 
included and improved manuai. We give you ail of this 
for only $86. 

DISA - this is the intelligent disassembler, which allows 
you to disassemble interactively any kind of machine 
code! It is completely pointer-controlled, and very easy 
to use. It can generate ASCII output which can then 
be assembled. It will try to insert label names where 
possible and knows all the QDOS standards. $52. 

QLQ - a software package for those who have 24 pin 
printers. QLQ is a handy utility that helps you create 
your own fonts and you get an editor that can be 
mouse or keyboard driven. It can add BOLD or 
OUTLINE features to fonts. The fonts can be 
downloaded and used as either 10 cpi, 12 cpi and 
proportional. Allows you to use ail of the facilities your 
printer is capable of. Last, but not least, it gives you 
13 pre-defined fonts. $43. 

SYSTEM - system tools to use with QDOS. Has real 
file attributes, such as write-only, hidden or selected 
user only capabilities. This will work over a network 
and with a Winchester drive. Also has NEW TRAP #3, 
new devices, named pipes, MEM, 80 new procedures 
& functions. Many other facilities to this program! 
Yours for $53. 

THING AND EPROM MANAGER II - if you need to put 
your JOBS, THINGS, extensions, SuperBasic or code 
into EPROM, then this will help you to do so with 
comparative ease. You will also have the Thing 
Extension II, which gives you complete control over 
THINGS from SuperBasic. With this program you will 
know if something will run from EPROM before you 
have to burn the chip! For only $35. 

QL-EMULATOR FOR THE ATARI ST - this is a 
hardware and software package that allows you to 
transform an Atari 260, 520, 1040 and all Mega's into a 
QL With it you can use all the Atari hardware such as 
accelerators, hard drives and additional RAM. Basic 
setup for only $245 

Call Frank for more information on this and additional 
items for this configuration. Updated versions for other 
Atari Computers available. This allows you to have a 
superfast QL with hardware not normally available to 
the QL. 



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* NEW FROM THE U.K. 



From the birthplace of the QL, we have found some 
new and exciting software to extend and enhance your 
QL 

SLOWGOLD - this wiil allow you to slow down 
programs or games that run too fast on either a Gold 
Card, or on a regular QL It allows you to make these 
changes either before the program or while in 
progress. It will not work with games that knock out the 
50/60 Hz. Price is " $10. 

WINBACK Version 2 - an incremental backup program 
for the Miracle Hard Disk or for ED drives. You can 
back up files to any QL device - even on a single drive 
system. On the first backup you copy everything. 
Thereafter, only files which have been changed since 
the last backup need to be copied. Large files can be 
split across several floppy disks if required. Directory 
rebuild facility for you if you need to re-format your 
hard disk. Supports upto 8 hard drives if required. 
Needs at least 256K RAM. Gold Card ED drive users 
can use smaller disks for their backups to save money. 
For only $46. 

MULTI DISCOVER - a dever program that allows you 
to convert QL files to PC, BBC micros (DFS and ADFS 
formats), CPM (many formats) and UNIX CPIO format. 
It will format the disk and much of the process is 
automatic. Requires dual disk drives and at least 256K 
RAM. For only $49. 

TEXTN'GRAPHIX - a program to help you include 
pictures in your text files when you print them out. 
Create the text in Quill (or your favorite editor), then 
use TnG to mark out space in the file for the pictures 
and print them out. Pictures can be created with 
programs like The Painter, or from clip art, etc. Runs 
on both expanded and unexpanded QLs and comes on 
disk or MDV. $36. 

PAGE DESIGNER 2 CLIPART - CJipart made for PD2, 
but available in screen format for use in other 
DTP/graphic programs if required. It has a view facility 
so you may review the clips a page at a time. $22. 

QPAC 2 - from Tony Tebby, the total upgrade from 
QRAM, this gives you a top of the line multi-tasking 
pointer environment, complete with hot keys and 
buttons. Great for setting up several programs on a HD 
or ED disk also, so you can have several programs 
available to multi-task from without changing disks. 
The price is $70. 



PRINTERMASTER - helps you to master your dot 
matrix printer with simple menu selection of printer 
functions. This can save you from having to look up 
printer control codes. It wiil even run on an 
unexpanded QL and can be supplied on either disk or 
MDV. Many drivers for popular printers are even 
included, and if not found, you are taken through the 
steps to create your own printer driver. $26. 

SUPER DISK INDEX - got lots of disks and can not 
seem to recall what is on what disk? With this program 
you have a useable index of just what is where, and it 
has good search facilities. Create a disk that keeps 
track of all your other disks. For only $23. 

SUPER DISK LABELLER - the easy to use program 
that allows you to create labels for 5 1/4, 3 1/2 or other 
size labels with ease. It gives you control over how 
much and in what format you want the printed label to 
be . A great buy at $20. 

THE ClipART, by PROGS - some of the very best ciip 
art we have seen for the QL, and three disks full of it, 
with a viewer. These can be used in your DTP 
program, art program, screen dumps, or with Texfn 
Graphix or OverDrive to give you superb graphic 
effects. For only $25. 

ADDRESS BOOK & LABEL PRINTER - this program 
gives you a database for your address book, and does 
not require Archive to run. You can print out address 
labels in several sizes (minimum size in height is 1-1/2" 
and on up to 4") and can even use European formats. 

$29. 

LOCKSMYTHE & FORMATTER, by Zitasoft - this is 
the best copier and format program known for micro- 
drive cartridges. If you have a MDV program that 
needs to be backed up, converted to disk, or an 
emergency copy made of a protected MDV program... 
then this is what you need. The best we have found 
and for only $47. 

QKICK FRONT END SYSTEM - now a simple and 
easy to master, pull down menu controlled multi- 
tasking front end. It wiil run in the background and can 
be called up at any time. It will give you: notepads, 
clock, diary, calculator, mini-database, backing up 
facilities, sophisticated file/sector/RAM handling. For 
only $48. 

PERFECTION WORD PROCESSOR - from Digital 
Precision, what some are calling the best word 
processor ever for the QL. You get superb file, print 
quality, font style and always available on-line manual. 
Available also with QTYP for those who need a 



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spelling checker. Also a version for the Gold Card. 
Perfection for only $1 1 7. 

Perfection Special Edition with Speilchecker for only 

$195. 

Perfection Plus with Speilchecker for only $1 95. 
Perfection Plus Special Edition (for Gold Card) with 
Speilchecker for only $276. 

SOLUTION - IBM PC emulator for the QL. Runs ail 
well behaved PC programs on your QL, emulates CGA 
graphics. As it is an emulator.it is slower than the real 
thing, but it gives you access to many PC programs 
without buying a new machine. For only $59. 

PC CONQUEROR - The best and fastest PC emulator 
for the QL and can handle just about any Mono or 
CGA graphics program. It can even use a disk drive to 
emulate a hard drive. We have a special version for 
the Gold Card that can take advantage of those QLs 
able to run at 24 MHZ, use HD drives and use ED 
drives as a hard drive, now $1 1 8. 

Gold Card Version for $1 95. 

OUR NEWEST ADDITIONS! 

QL CENTRONICS INTERFACE-SER1/SER2 to 
parallel printer, with a standard Centronics plug that 
defaults to 9600 baud (switchable) and comes with 3 
meter cable. All for only $44. 

HERMES CHIP, replacement co-processor for the QLs 
8049. This allows you to use a modem on the QL from 
300 to 1 9,200 baud with no modaptor, allows for 
separate setting of baud rates on SER1 and SER2 so 
that a printer and modem can operate at different 
speeds, ends keyboard bounce and improves sound 
quality on the QL, as well as handles INT7 problems of 
the QL, and morel Available for only $43. 

MINERVA MK1 , replacement ROM for the QL Along 
with the HERMES chip, this is the best hardware 
upgrade you can do for your basic QL. It corrects bugs 
found in the old ROMs; increases graphic speed and 
screen speed; allows you to do a soft reset of the 
computer by key strokes; allows you to multi-task in 
SuperBasic; allows for dual screens, foreign keyboards 
and now combined with the latest HERMES chip will 
allow you to multi-task on your serial ports. Available 
Now $62. 

JURGEN FALKENBERG HARD DRIVE INTERFACE, 
with 40 meg hard drive and case with power supply for 
only $475. 
If you wish the hard drive interface and controller only 
so that you can add your own hard drive (up to 416 



meg!) and case with power supply, then it is only 

$310. 

This system works with MFM and RLL hard drive 
controllers. This interface requires a separate bus 
extender card for your QL, which we have available. 
Two slot expander for Gold Card is $45 
the 5 slot adaptor for non Gold Card is $75. 
Contact Frank for further details. 

QL KEYBOARD-90 INTERFACE - Allows you to 
replace the keyboard that came with your QL by using 
an IBM XT/AT keyboard externally. This is great for 
those who want to place their QL in a tower or desktop 
case, or who have just gotten tired of replacing 
membranes every so often, at a new lower price of 
only $100 

QUALSOFT TERMINAL SOFTWARE- This is the best 
terminal program available for the QL and comes on 
MDV or on disk. It can multi-task with all of the 
popular QL front ends and has a simple text editor to 
help with uploads / and downloads and your E-Mail. It 
allows you to do screen dumps online. Available for 
only $45. 



BOOKS 

SYNCWARE NEWS Vol. 1:AII volume 1 issues in 
one book $7. 

TOURING THE TS2068 ROM OPERATING SYSTEM 
byWIDJUP $12. 



QL TECHNICAL GUIDE 
QL SERVICE MANUAL 



Extras & New items 



$15. 
$12. 



Replacement or backup power supply for the QL, no 
serious user should be without one. $1 5. 

Micro Drive Cartridges with tabs, each $3 
without tabs $2.50 

MDV labels, for the QL, 3 sheets for $1 .25. 

QL replacement membranes for keyboard $20. 

Rotronics Wafadrive, two 128K stringy floppy drives, 
parallel and serial printer ports, Spectrum mode only, 
for $85. 



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Place your ads here, it is free! 

Mail to: A. Kahale 335 W. Newport Rd. Hoffman Estates IL 60195-3106 



SPECTRUM for your 2068 

If you are a LarKen LK-DOS owner and would like 
to run SPECTRUM programs on your system, we 
will supply a V2 EPROM, socket and 74HCT32 for 
$12 which includes shipping and handling. The instal- 
lation instructions are in your LarKen manual. We 
shall not be responsible for your install job. AERCO 
owners need only the EPROM for $10 forwarded to 
LarKen. 

Bob Swoger Address on page 2 

747 

So you like to fly, the 747 Flight Simulator for 
SPECTRUM by Derek Ashton of DACC sold over 
40K copies in Europe. Requires a SPECTRUM 
equipped 2068. At this time supplied on LarKen 
SSDD disk only for $10 which goes to Derek now 
working at Motorola with Bob. 
Bob Swoger Address on page 2 



PHL Chips 



Programmable Array Logic chips are available for 
some Timex and QL's from:- 
NAP Ware 

Nazir Pashtoon 
940 Beau Dr. Apt. 204 
Des Plaines IL 60016-5876 
Phone(eve.) 708 439-1679 

Public Domain 

XTENDER ZX-81 ¥.64 

by Carlos Delhez 

ZX-81 Emulator for PC (IBM clones) 
Is available for $5 pp. on 3.5" 720K or 5.25" 360K 
disks with 40 page documentation and several titles 
by Robert Gilbert. 

Also SPECTRUM and QL emulators for PCs. 



EXCHANGE for QL 

(pseudo-multitasking) 
by PSION 

Is available on DSQD or on 3 DSDD disks. Send 
your disks with prepaid mailer and you get it for free, 
or send $7.50 and we supply the disk and postage 

RMG ENTERPRISES 

14784 S. Quail Grove Circle 
Oregon City, OR 97045 

Update 

Magazine 

Our Only Magazine 



513 E MAIN ST 
PERU IN 46970 
317 473-8031 



CONQUEST 

A Strategic generic "War game for the 2068 
TIME: A few centuries from now. 
PLACE: An unknown inhabited planet. 
YOU: Commander of Expeditionary Force. 
MISSION: Capture said planet. 
INTELLIGENCE: Enemy seen scouting same planet. 
STRATEGY: Find and capture Planet's cities. 

Can generate new random map every time or play map of 
your choice. 

^ For 2 or 3 combatants. Play against the computer or your 
friends. 

A* Production times and fighting ability adjustable for each 

player - keeps game a challenge at all times. 

^ Completely in fast machine code. Games can be SAVEd 

and CONTTNUEd. 



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y Available on tape, or disk, AERCO, Oliger. Game and map 
SAVEs in BASIC to allow adaptation to your system. Price 
$19.95 + $2.50 S&H. 



Order from:- 

Lloyd Dreger 
2461 S. 79th St 
West Allis WI 53219 



or 

SMUG 
Box 101 
Butler WI 53007 



The John Oliger Co. 

11601 Wid bey Dr. 
Cumberland IN 46229 
The John Oliger Floppy Disk System 

DISK BOARD "A" 

Bare PC Board only : $17.95 
Kit of PC Board & parts: $55.95 
Assembled and tested : $66.95 
Two drive cable for above, 3 foot long: $16.95 
Four drive cable for above, 4 foot long : $26.95 
WD 1 770PH-00 Disk controller chip: $ 1 9.95 
DISK BOARD "B" 
Bare Board with JLO Safe Disk EPROM : $26.95 
Kit of PC Board with parts: $45.85 
Assembled and tested : $63.95 

PACKAGE OF BOIH DISK BOARDS u A n & «B W 
Bare PC Board with JLO Safe EPROM : $43.95 
Kit of both Boards with parts : $99.95 
Both Boards assembled and tested : $127.95 
Both Boards assembled and tested w/2-drive data cable : $ 139.95 
THE DISKWORKS: Both Boards assembled and tested w/2-drive 
data cable and assembled 2068 EXPANSION Board : $189.95 
2068 EXPANSION BOARD : plugs in the expansion port on 
back of 2068. Pass-thru for other peripherals, giving you 4 ex- 
pansion slots. All devices use this Board, except for the 2068 
dock cartridge Board,. 
Bare PC Board: $16.95 
Board with parts : $45.95 
Assembled & tested : $56.95 

Disk User Manual only : $5.00 (Read before you buy) 

Other available products 

2068 User Cartridge board. 

2068 EPROM Programmer 

2068 Parallel Printer Port 

2068/SPECTRUM Joystick Port 

DFh Mapped Universal I/O Port board (NEW) 

Vpp Power Supply 

LISTing Newsletter 

Annual dues to receive US Ting is $16.00. Fred Stern 
is the editor and is doing great in keeping it going. 

LIST 
Harvey Rait 
5 Peri Lane 
Valley Stream NY 11581 



WANTED: MINI-MOD AND Z-COM docu- 
mentation on modem programs for the T/S 1000. 

Frederic Stern 

P. O. Box 264 
HolbrookNY 11741 
Tele: (516)737-0963 

WANTED: Looking for instructions or documentation on 
the ZX Assembler/Diassembler by Bob Berch. 

Wayne Knaust 
2 Pear Tree Court 
St Peters MO 63376 

FOR SALE: Complete TS-1000, TS-2040 printer in their 
original boxes and three rolls of thermal paper. Mint condition. 
For $35 P/shipping. 

Complete Atari system, 800XL computer, printer, modem, 
software and books. Mint condition. $95 P/shipping 

Robert Curnutt 
10400 Truxton Rd. 
Adelphi,MD 20783 

WANTED: A full size keyboard, educational soft- 
ware and a replacement ULA chip for the TS-1000. 

Alex Sweitzer 
RD. 1 Box 207 
Fayette City, PA 15438 

WANTED: Articles or material for the QL and the 
Z88 for publication in ZXir QUve Alive!. Also arti- 
cles on any other T/S computer. Can't publish what 
we do not have. Will accept even handwritten notes. 

Donald S. Lambert 

1301 Kiblinger Place 
Auburn IN 46706-3010 

Take a look where your disk drive interface cable 
comes out of the disk case. If you have a sharp piece of 
metal (all my metal cases had) and want to protect your 
interface cable from wear here is a deal. I have some 
plastic protectors that are 3.5 inches long (49 of them) 
and some that are 2.75 inches long. They are easy to cut 
to length if necessary (mine all were) and the protector 
are such that they will slide onto a piece of metal or 
plastic that is up to about .050 inches thick. To get one or 
so send a stamped self addressed letter and I will send 
you up to 3 per request. These were given to me by Paul 
Holgren to be passed on. 

Donald S. Lambert 
1301 Kiblinger Place 
Auburn IN 46706-3010 



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FRANK DAVIS 

MECHANICAL AFFINITY 

513 E MAIN ST 
PERU IN 46970 
317 473-8031 



Z88 QL GOLD CARDS QXL Card 
Falkenberg Hard Drive Interface 
TEXT78PLUS4 
TS Computers 
Printers Monitors EPROMs Disks 

PAUL HOLMGREN 

MECHANICAL AFFINITY 

5231 WILTON WOOD CT 
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46254 
317 291-6002 

Repair Service For America's 
Favorite Home Computers 
And Their Accessories 

SINCLAIR 

TIMEX ADAM ATARI 
IBM OSBORNE TI 

COMMODORE 

BUY SELL TRADE UPGRADE 

Write for prices SASE appreciated 

COMPUTER CLASSICS 

RT 1 BOX 117 
CABOOL MO 65689 
Phone 417 469-4571 

MIRACLE 5 12K EXPANDERAM $60 

TRUMP FLP/RAM $35 

TRUMP2 DISK CARD (0)K I/O $60 

ALL THREE FOR $120 
Includes a copy of Qluster, QLuMsi and 
QLamber. 



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Make David an Offer 

ZX-81 TS-1000 
TS-2068 
Hardware 

BYTE-BACK INC. 

536 Long Terrace 
Leesville SC 29070 

Word Processing 

TS-TEXT 2000™ 
ZX-TEXT™ 

ZX-81 TS-1000 
TS-1500 TS-2068 
Albert F. Rodriguez 

A.F.R. SOFTWARE® 

1605 Pennsylvania Ave. #204 
Miami Beach FL 33139 
305 531-6464 

WANTED: Where can I get plain white cassette 
tape labels? The kind with the hole in the center. 

D. G. SMITH 
R 415 STONE ST. 
JOHNSTOWN PA 15006 

WANTED: 64K RAMPACK (prefer Memopak 
but any would be considered); HOT Z, DE- 
BUGGER, ASSEMBLERS for the TS-2068; 
HUNTER BOARD for the TS-1000. 

WAYNE KNAUST 

2 PEAR TREE CT 
ST. PETERS MO 63376 



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GATOR's TWISTED PAIR 



f ! 



t » 



. SINCLAIR BBS 
We have a 24 hour BBS and 
encourage you to exchange mail 
and contribute to the Download 
Section. Use it and have fun! ! 

Call 708-632-5558 and Register 
using your first name, last name 
and phone number along with a 
password you won't forget, and 
WRITE IT DOWN! Do not try to do 
anything else this first time 
because all the board options 
will be locked out. 

When you call in the next time, 
you will have Level 5 security 
and be able to enjoy full user 
privileges. The BBS has sub- 
divisions of smaller sections 
called conferences . Sel ect ' J ' 



for 'Join a Conference' to see 
the different user groups. 
Select 'TIMEX' to get into the 
Sinclair Section, The mail you 
then read there will only be 
from other TIMEX/ Sinclair users 
but all SIGs share the same 
bulletins. 

Bob Swoger, SYSOP ~==GATOR==— 
Timex/ Sine lair Northerner i can 
User Groups 



FOR SALE: Olivetti PR22300 Ink-Jet Printer new in 
original box with extra cartridges, $100.00; Radio Shack CGP- 
115 Color Graphics Printer/Plotter, $100.00, also extra Owners 
Manual for CGP-115, $7.50; T/S 2050 Modem complete, new 
in original box, make offer. 

D. G. SMITH 
R. 415 STONE ST. 
JOHNSTOWN PA 15906 
TELE: (814) 535-6998. 




VISTA PD Library Tapes 1 - 4 & 



Disk No. 6 
Disk No. 7 
Disk No. 8 
Disk No. 9 
Disk No. 10 
Disk No. 1 1 



Pixel Print Plus 
Sting Graphics 
Utilities & Music 
Program Utilities 
Byte Power 
Manual for 



Disks 1 - 5 (Description is in the Winter 1993, Vol. 3, No. 4) 
by Stan Lemke (instructions on disk) 
by Steve Spaulding 

Music by Joan Kealy RecordKeeping by A. Kahale 
by George Chambers TTSUC 
Disk Utilities Software by Christian Boisvert 
Disk Utilities Software 



SSDD or DSDD LKDOS disks are 


C-60 Tape or JLO DISKS are available 


available for $3.50 each PP. From: 


from: 


A KAHALE 


D G SMITH 


335 W NEWPORT RD 


R 415 STONE ST 


HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60195-3106 


JOHNSTOWN PA 15905 



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